System Restore not working?

Hi,

I tried to System Restore, but all of the dates I tried for last week
(Friday back through Monday) come back with "Restore Unsuccessful" (or words
to that effect).

What's going on? Do I have to just keep on trying until I find one that
works?

TIA

databaseben
Mon May 12 12:58:49 PDT 2008

it seems to me that
maybe you have a
couple of problems.

one being that required
a system restored to a
functional date and two,
the system restore feature
itself is faulty.

what you might want
to do is a simple "repair
installation" with your
windows setup cd.

the repair installation
will repair and replace
missing and corrupted
system files with genuine
ones from the cd.

in addition, the process
will make a brand new
restore point and delete
all the prior ones.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx


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"Steve Latham" <llatham@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I tried to System Restore, but all of the dates I tried for last week (Friday
> back through Monday) come back with "Restore Unsuccessful" (or words to that
> effect).
>
> What's going on? Do I have to just keep on trying until I find one that works?
>
> TIA
>

Nepatsfan
Mon May 12 13:00:55 PDT 2008

"Steve Latham" <llatham@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:JZ0Wj.16103$5b3.1547@trnddc05...
> Hi,
>
> I tried to System Restore, but all of the dates I tried for last week (Friday
> back through Monday) come back with "Restore Unsuccessful" (or words to that
> effect).
>
> What's going on? Do I have to just keep on trying until I find one that works?
>
> TIA
>


Just out of curiosity, what antivirus program do you have running on your
computer? Some AV programs can interfere with System Restore.

To see if this may be the case try running System Restore in Safe mode.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Steve
Mon May 12 13:58:00 PDT 2008


>
>
> Just out of curiosity, what antivirus program do you have running on your
> computer? Some AV programs can interfere with System Restore.
>
> To see if this may be the case try running System Restore in Safe mode.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan


Norton AV.

How do I start up in Safe Mode?

nass
Mon May 12 14:07:01 PDT 2008



"Steve Latham" wrote:

>
> >
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, what antivirus program do you have running on your
> > computer? Some AV programs can interfere with System Restore.
> >
> > To see if this may be the case try running System Restore in Safe mode.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Nepatsfan
>
>
> Norton AV.
>
> How do I start up in Safe Mode?

Tap F8 on start up/Boot up until you get a Boot up options select safe Mode.
There try to restore your operating system by doing this:
Click Start >> All programs >> Accessories >> System Tools >> System Restore.

Gerry
Mon May 12 14:21:55 PDT 2008

Steve

Safe Mode
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/safemode.htm

Norton and System Restore
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Steve Latham wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity, what antivirus program do you have running on
>> your computer? Some AV programs can interfere with System Restore.
>>
>> To see if this may be the case try running System Restore in Safe
>> mode. Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>
>
> Norton AV.
>
> How do I start up in Safe Mode?

Nepatsfan
Mon May 12 14:27:21 PDT 2008

"Steve Latham" <llatham@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
>>
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, what antivirus program do you have running on your
>> computer? Some AV programs can interfere with System Restore.
>>
>> To see if this may be the case try running System Restore in Safe mode.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>
>
> Norton AV.
>
> How do I start up in Safe Mode?
>


To boot into Safe Mode, restart your computer. Keep hitting the F8 key until you
see the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to
select Safe Mode from the list.

You can also use this free program to configure your computer to boot into Safe
Mode.

Boot Safe
http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html

As for Norton AV and System Restore, take a look at this web site.

Courtesy of Bert Kinney, MS-MVP
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Steve
Mon May 12 20:17:34 PDT 2008


"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> To boot into Safe Mode, restart your computer. Keep hitting the F8 key
> until you see the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Use the arrow keys on
> your keyboard to select Safe Mode from the list.
>
> You can also use this free program to configure your computer to boot into
> Safe Mode.
>
> Boot Safe
> http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html
>
> As for Norton AV and System Restore, take a look at this web site.
>
> Courtesy of Bert Kinney, MS-MVP
> http://bertk.mvps