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restoring to previous date
Name: oldy Date: February 21, 2003 at 14:14:48 Pacific OS: WinMe CPU/Ram: 800-320
Comment:
I would like to restore my computer to previous date. Now,could anybody from experience tell me if I would loose my DSL connection as well as Norton virus? DSL connection is pain in the neck to get back. Oldy
Name: Lynpar Date: February 21, 2003 at 14:48:04 Pacific
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Hi - I'm not an expert by any means; but I can tell you about the trouble I've had with system restore in Windows ME. If you restore to a date and installed anything new after that date, you will need to re-install the program or whatever it was. That isn't where I've had problems--what caused me heartburn (twice) is losing Norton 2003. After I did the restore and restart, I had a blue screen with info about Norton AV files not being detected. I was totally stuck. All I can think of is that I updated my viruses and took the restore back to a prior date. I had to restart in Safe Mode, uninstall and re-install Norton.
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Response Number 2
Name: TheGorx Date: February 22, 2003 at 02:50:58 Pacific
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I would advise that you post the problem you're having. Restoring a registry may be a better coarse of action. I have seen and heard of too many horror stories using windows me restore.
Name: Nick R (by Nick Ritchie) Date: February 23, 2003 at 05:25:41 Pacific
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Anytime I indstall a new program or a updated driver and my system is running well , I will createa restore point , naming it accordingly ! Another idea is after a install or download thats sucessful and your PC is running well , disable the system restore utility(this will purge all thr old restore points), then reboot , re-enable the utility and create a restore point .This way if you need to use the utility down the road , you can feel confident it will not mess up your sucessful installation !
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