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Old February 4th 11, 12:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default How effective is System Restore to bring XP Pro back to a newlyinstalled state without reinstalling?

On Feb 3, 6:23*pm, "SC Tom" wrote:
"Doc" wrote in message

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Want to get as close as possible to starting from scratch with my XP
Pro installation without actually reinstalling. Would I gain anything
by first uninstalling all apps and then doing a system restore? Or
will I be wasting my time?


You'd not only be wasting your time by uninstalling all the apps, but would
also run into a number of problems by doing that and then attempting a
System Restore. Why not just go ahead and reinstall it, if a scratch system
is what you're looking for?



Because I've done it twice already in recent history and besides the
system reinstall being a colossal butt pain, I also have to go through
a song and dance with some other apps that require you to regenerate
new activation keys when it's a different install than the one under
which they were first installed.


Is there a particular reason or problem that you're having with XP that
makes you want to do this? If you post the problem(s) you're having, help
can probably be had from here.



Using Pinnacle Studio 9.4.3 (video editing app) I'm getting a
"application has requested runtime to terminate in an unusual way"
glitch during DVD rendering that I've never had before with this app.
I know it CAN run fine under XP Pro since it was running fine before.
I'm guessing something that's been installed is conflicting with it.
So want to strip everything away and see if the problem is resolved
and then pay attention to see what causes the problem again if it re-
occurs.

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