-=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore

Glo, I have had the same thing happen to  me several times.  I use windows 
xp.

cia,
cristy
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From: "Glo" <redowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:08 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore


> Troth, can you tell me how System Restore is supposed to work?  I had a 
> bad
> download a week or so ago and decided to restore to a point before that
> happened.  There were no set restore points, so the first one I was able 
> to
> choose was a week prior.  I did that and it acted like it was restoring,
> then when it finished I got a message like 'sorry, no can do.'  The next
> point it would let me "choose" was a month prior and even THAT wouldn't
> work.  Are these restore points supposed to be set in advance?  Or what? 
> It
> used to just restore to where I wanted it to, or somewhere close to it, 
> but
> I haven't used it in a while and now it's all goofy.  I understand it's a
> great resource hog, maybe I should remove it (?)   Any insight appreciated
> ~Glo
>
>
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>
> Sorry for the late response. Just found a bunch of email in another folder
> and have no idea how it all got there. This post happens to be one of 
> them.
>
> System Restore... if System Restore is active, you have the System Restore
> services running. Should it be active? Yes, if you want the protection
> offered by the service... the safety of being able to revert back to
> previous settings.
>
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