restore points

I hopelessly crashed my computer. I was trying to install the Windows 8 Preview and it did exactly what I was afraid it would do. It started overwriting my Windows installation without asking me where I wanted to install it. The Windows 8 install failed, so I tried the rollback option and...

Thank you, Win 7 64 sp1 I have been using Kensingston's Expert Mouse Model# K64325. After some Windows updates plus installing Silverlight and reboots the mouse ceased working. Uninstalled the software, reboot. Tried to install the Kensingston software: showed to be for Win 7 64. I would not...

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Hi, Does anyone know how to schedule/automate a rollback to a system restore point at a set time each day? What i'm trying to do is: 1. Disable the standard system restore behavior for creating restore points when installing apps and drivers. 2. Automatically/schedule a restore point to be...

My hubby's PC is running Win7 32 bit. Typically he "hibernates" his PC rather than shutting it down. Yesterday he hibernated the PC as usual and then proceeded to remove the power cable while he was re-routing various cables. He has his hard drives mounted in front loading bays (no need to open...

Fixes an issue in which the startup process is very slow on a computer that has a large hard disk installed and that is running Windows 7. This issue occurs when you create many restore points on the computer. More...

I have been asked to look at PC desktop computer belonging to a colleague. Basically he said he has lost a lot of icons from the desktop and some of his short cuts to certain programmes. I have checked and the programmes are still installed so that’s not a problem in recreating some of the short...

Windows 7 Home Premium - I can see in Task Scheduler that a system restore point has been taken successfully but when I start "system restore" and tell it to show all restore points, it doesn't show there. It does show restore points from updates, backups and installs and shows 2 older automatic...

Hi, I am getting random bsods and would be grateful if someone could help out. The computer works fine if I run only one progam on it. however, if I say, run windows media player and internet explorer at the same time, i will usually get a BSOD in 30min-1h. tried blueScreenViewer, which tells...

Windows 7 doesn't seem to be as good about setting Restore Points as Windows XP. Link Removed

As far as I know System Restore Points are stored in a system folder "SystemRestoreVolume" Ok, but on which partition is this folder? Is it ALWAYS on the same partition as the saved/monitored partition? I have a Win7 system partition C: and a (big) data partition D: Can I tell Win7...

4 Days ago I downloaded and used a product called LITTLE REGISTRY CLEANER,which cleans the registry. But since that time now I find that System Restore on my Windows 7 Netbooks no longer works. In fact it does not work at all any more,I tried all the restore points and when I try to do a system...

After switching on computer win7 x32 receive the error RPLUD is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart After switching on your computer received the error RPLUD is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows. Also tried...

After switching on your computer received the error RPLUD is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows. Also tried to system restore by inserting win 7 disk but its also not happening:(. I keep getting the following from all...

Hi guys I've recently assembled a new PC and installed W7 on it, only to then find that some of my cherished software won't run on W7 whereas it did on my old pc running XP (which has now been dismantled and cannibalised). So I've decided to make my new machine a dual boot. Having looked at...

Folks I got a failure in win 7 where it reports it cannot make a system rescue image. I´ve removed a windows.old folder I had via the proper way (windows file cleaning) still the system does not create the store points. What can I do? It says I sohuld check the logs on VSS and SPP. I could...

I have got an error with system restore as follows; System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed. System Restored failed to extract the original copy of the directory from the restore point. Source: %System Root%\registration...

Hello, I've been using Windows 7 x64 for some time now and few days ago it just didn't start anymore. What happens is once I give my password and windows starts to log in it says "preparing your desktop" and after a while says explorer.exe encountered problem and needs to be closed. Only safe...

I keep getting Unspecified Error - even from Safe Mode and different restore points. BTW, is there a foolproof way to get into Safe Mode? I have to keep trying and trying and trying until something 'clicks.'

Whenever I try troubleshooting internet connection problems (which I often do) I run into the same message time and time again without fail; "The diagnostics policy service is not running" I attempted to go into services.msc and fix the problem, when I attempted to start the service manually I...