NWA-PCUG Newsletter Article, August 2006

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System Restore

At the last meeting I've had two people, plus one other since, mention problems restoring system points with Windows XP. After searching Microsoft for a solution and receiving what seemed like hundreds of possible fixes that didn't match my query (http://support.microsoft.com/search/) I searched Google and found (http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html) which seems quite comprehensive, covering:

  • If Real Player is installed, update to the latest version,
  • Symantec Resource Protection feature of Norton 2006 must be disabled,
  • Disable monitored Recovery Partition drives (HP, Compaq, Dell, & others),
  • Scan for virus & spyware infection,
  • Insure SP2 is installed & updated,
  • Insure Task Scheduler and System Restore Service are running,
  • Adjust disk space used,
  • Test System Restore is functioning correctly, etc.
All have explicit how-to instructions. If you're having System Restore problems, give it a try.




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