On 14 Jul 2004 at 10:00, Andy Collins wrote: > Carol - > > I've not used the restore option yet in XP, so not sure quite how it > works. If I haven't set any restore points yet, can I still just type in a > date say some time last week, and the system will revert back to how it > was then? Is XP that clever that it keeps it's own log of it's settings > day-by-day? I'd be pleasantly surprised if it was like that, though I > suspect that if I haven't set a date previously for a restore to go back > to, then I'm stuffed, as they say in polite society <smile> > > Andy > Andy, Go to System in the Control Panel and then to the System Restore sheet. Unless the first check box is checked, your system will have been making Restore Points regularly. Douglas -- Douglas Harrison ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq