I have been unable to use system restore at all on my new PC and have tried
talking to supplier with little help being forthcoming.
Restore points exist and can be created apparently - however, they
consistently fail to restore.None of the restore points will actually restore
- simply get the standard error message the system cannot be restored to
xx/xx/xx. This is consistent.
I've turned system restore off, rebooted, and turned it on again and create
new restore points to no available. Driving me frantic now.
Spec is:
Model : AMD Athlonâ?¢ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
Speed : 2.21GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Dual-Core
Internal Data Cache : 2x 64kB Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way set, 64 byte
line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2x 1MB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte
line size
Mainboard
Bus(es) : PCI PCIe USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 Processor(s)
MP APIC : No
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS
Revision 1011
System : System manufacturer System Product Name
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-SLI DELUXE
Total Memory : 2GB DDR-SDRAM
Chipset 1
Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport
Technology Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 1005MHz (2010MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 2GB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 201MHz (402MHz data rate)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Imaging Device : EPSON Stylus CX4700/DX4800
Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : Maxtor 6L250S0 (234GB)
Hard Disk : EPSON Stylus Storage USB Device
CD-ROM/DVD : SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 (CD 40X Rd) (DVD 5X Rd)
CD-ROM/DVD : SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A (CD 48X Rd, 48X Wr) (DVD 6X Rd, 6X Wr)
Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A
Windows (C:) : 229GB (211GB, 92% Free Space) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (D:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (E:) : N/A
Removable Drive (F:) : N/A
Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support
USB Controller/Hub : USB Mass Storage Device
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394
Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
Device : Creative Game Port
Printers and Faxes
Model : EPSON Stylus DX4800 Series
Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line
Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Professional (Win64 x64)
5.02.3790 (Service Pack 1)
Network Services
Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Adapter : Network Controller
Below is an excerpt from hijack this log that has me somewhat puzzled -
several missing files apparently.....could this be the cause?
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil
Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil
Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) -
Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Event Log (Eventlog) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Fax - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\fxssvc.exe (file
missing)
O23 - Service: HTTP SSL (HTTPFilter) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: IIS Admin Service (IISADMIN) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service (ImapiService) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\imapi.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: FTP Publishing Service (MSFtpsvc) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Net Logon (Netlogon) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NT LM Security Support Provider (NtLmSsp) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Plug and Play (PlugPlay) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: IPSEC Services (PolicyAgent) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Protected Storage (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (RDSessMgr) - Unknown
owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\sessmgr.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Security Accounts Manager (SamSs) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) (SMTPSVC) - Unknown
owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Virtual Disk Service (vds) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: WMI Performance Adapter (WmiApSrv) - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe (file missing)
Any help would be greatly appreciated