system restore

I'm trying to understand the nature of virus/malware/ransomware to better apply my backup strategies. So here are some questions I have: Question Scenario #1 - Lets say I have 2 internal hard drives connected to my PC. One with Windows10 installed and the other one with Linux installed. I use...

What is the procedure for performing a ROLLBACK; to a Hibernation Point, NOT a restor pointe. Objective: To delete a boot virus before it can install.; /* For example, someone has seen your password and had wireless access.*/ ROLLBACK to last Hibernation Point; ROLLBACK to last Hibernation...

Thanks in advance for your assistance. I have a weekly requirement to view and clear the Windows Security Logs on my hardened Windows 7 computer. This has been working fine up until last week. When I open up my saved EventViewer.mmc console, I receive the following error: "Event Log Service is...

Hi, i have recently power on my notebook after a week only to discover that start button and application toolbar is not responding, so i have to run programs using cmd R, i read that this is an issue with an update, how can i revert it? Im not able to uninstall updates or restoring from a point...

Hello all, shortly put. I have a pc that is completely setup the way I want it to be. OS, updates, anti virus etc. Can I copy this setup (known, I believe as a an "image") directly to a USB stick that becomes bootable in the process? From here I can use that USB as the standard...

Hi All Expert, I have a user using dell windows 10 64 bits is getting it getting "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart for you. BSOD Stop Code "System License Violation", this happen when she is using browser and outlook, yesterday was fine and no windows update this...

Hi, My wife's laptop was sluggish and full, so I decided to do a reset (save personal files). During the reset... about 2 hours in. It decided to freeze... non responsive. No further progression in the reset. I waited another hour to try anything, just in case. After 3 hours of it being stuck I...

[1] First i decided to format my laptop for because of a problem i thought a virus this video detail of problem is on description. Hope someone can help me with this [2] Back to topic I format my laptop using windows 10 (Settings> Update & Security> Recovery> Advanced Setup> and something in...

Hi, In my Hd, c:, I have the following folders $winre_backup_partition.marker, windows.old, windows, $windows-WS, $windows-BT. Can u please tell me which version of windows are they and how to use. Cannot recall when Microsoft created and for which Windows. ie Windows 7, windows 8, or windows...

hey i think my hard drive windows is corrupted. I can't get past the initial boot screen. i tried running chkdsk and it said nothing was wrong. im running windows off a usb in the mean time to try and fix the problem. i have no system restore points so cant do that.

I recently had to restore a windows 7 computer. When I restored my media files, they were already formatted to windows 10. Now the windows 7 computer won't read any of the playlists. As much as I've tried, I can't find a way to get the playlists to work again in the older format. Any ideas how...

Have a GTX 560TI gpu, running W10 and for display a Samsung S23C650 monitor normally set to 1970 x 1080 Today a driver update program was run (Drive Booster 4) to check for driver update, and now I have only 1024 x 768 as max resolution - assume the driver update program did this...

Hi Windows 7 Ult. HPO Envy DV6 7331-SA (2 graphics cards) Replaced Fan Booted OK but screen display fuzzy (OK on external monitor) Tried system restore (in case Id screwed anything up while repairing the fan) Then rebooted and get request to repair installation Insert Windows 7 installation...

Sooooo I've reformatted a number of hard drives in my time, and never encountered an issue like this one, and it's stopping me cold. First, a little background: my lady friend is out of the country for a few months and desperately wants to come back to a reformatted laptop. Her Dell laptop...

Hello everyone! I own a Asus Zenbook UX31A that came originaly with Windows 7, that was updated to Windows 10. It has an SSD with a recovery partition and I never messed with the partition table. The laptop is becoming slower so I decided to reset to factory settings (wich I already did a few...

I had this really strange issue with my computer this morning, the audio and network weren't working. In addition to that, I couldn't even see the network status on the taskbar. I went to services and almost all of them were disabled. I looked for ones that said network and ones that said audio...

Hi, I have tried to upgrade Win.8.1 to Win 10 last year (before 29 july) and now with windows 10 (assitive technologies) My Win. 8.1 is Danish and 32bit version. Windows 10 seems to install correctly by using "windows 10 assistant" but fails around 29% when doing final upgrades and then PC...

A couple of days ago I was on my computer and everything was fine except I tried to open Itunes and it wouldn't. I got an error message but I can't remember what it said. I restarted the computer to see if this would fix it. However It wouldn't load and I got a blue screen on start up. I can't...

Hey guys, I turned on my pc and only got an black screen I got a dell (adel hello xd) anyway I use windows 7 professional I got 64 bits 4 ram. my dad looked on the pc and was doing so stuff and he said some long file is lost its called win.19838474829w99283838383 or something I dunno but I dont...

HI all, I'm running Win 10 Pro 32-bit Anniv. Ed. I've created a DVD Repair Disc, a USB Recovery Drive, and a bootable ISO on DVD. I understand that the Repair Disc has an option to return to an earlier Restore Point. When would a USB Recovery Drive be needed, instead? What does it offer over a...