-=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore
- From: "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 09:02:23 +1300
Joyce.............I have no wish to offend Troth here, but I myself am a
bit worried about the comments he makes in the message below, and I
refer specifically to the 'should usually be left for lost hope cases'.
In the past I have used System Restore frequently to revert to a earlier
state where I have downloaded an app. that I did not like. In fact I
regarded SysRest as the best thing in WinMe. Since advancing to WinXP I
have also used it, and have never, to my knowledge, encountered any
problem. Maybe, Troth, you have had a bad experience? or, are you
confusing SysRestore with a Ghost type entire system back-up? In saying
this I am not looking for an argument, believe me, but I have not heard
criticism of SysRestore before, hence my surprise and hope that we are
at cross-purposes, Troth. My recommendation, for what it is worth,
Joyce, is that you have no need to worry.
Let''s hope that others will have some info to add to the discussion. I
feel the need to sort this out. Incidentaslly, the reason I asked about
SysRestore in the first place was because it is a registry abnormality I
have which appeared with no obvious reason for it.!
Thanks, no offence, Troth!
Rick H
Joyce wrote:
>This kind of scared me! I thought System Restore would be really neat if I
>downloaded something and got into trouble. I have set a number of restore
>points but thankfully have not had to use it yet. And now I am a little bit
>fearful. Can anyone reassure me?
>Joyce
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>>First off, be careful with System Restore. To answer your question, yes it
>>could hurt. System Restore should usually be left for lost-hope cases.
>>But,
>>your computer is functioning right now, and you can still get it up and
>>running. I would reserve S/R for those more severe instances, due to the
>>config changes it does.
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>>To see if it's a specific app, you should go into START | RUN | MSCONFIG |
>>STARTUP tab and uncheck anything in there you're either not familiar with
>>or
>>familiar with but don't want to start automatically. Restart the computer
>>and see if that fixes it. If so, then its one of those apps.
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>>If that doesn't get rid of the error, you can try disabling everything in
>>the STARTUP tab we were just at, and see if again the problem goes away.
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>>Stay away from System Restore for now. Yes, entirely possible that it'll
>>fix
>>the problem with no other consequences, but there's also a chance that
>>it'll
>>mess up something else you weren't anticipating.
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>>---Troth
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