I can't understand that. I have had SystemRestore on WinME and now on WinXP Home. It has always worked effectively me, except for one short period when it kept returning the "SystemRestore could not restore your Computer...."message. If I remember correctly there was a fix for this that I d'l'd. Below is the update from Microsoft. Perhaps this is what is missing, but I can't tell in your case! Worth a try? Reformatting is a huge pain - avoid it at all costs. Rick H WinMeUpdate 209700usam.exe is the essential update to restore the SYSTEM RESTORE Utility. milady wrote: >Didn't work for me.. I just tried a restore it didn't work.. I went thru >trying to restore I ended up with reformat and a virus that had to be >reformated again and all the upgrades made offline..never have had any luck >getting XP to restore no matter what.. >----- Original Message ----- > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk