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Restore does run?
Hi, I wanted to create a restore point on my XP Home edition PC.
I haven't done one for about six months, this was before I was going to do a defrag and some program deletions. Did all the right things; Start All Programs System tools etc., Clicked on the System restore program, an Hourglass did one flip and that's all, the program did not run. I've tried alsorts to get it to run, this is the first time it's failed. I even searched for the file - rstrui.exe - clicked on it and tried to "Open" it, same thing - nothing. Help. TIA, colin D. |
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Restore does run?
Please let me know if someone gives you an answer as too why restore isnt
working.. My computer runs really slow, and I tried to go back to last week and once it went thru all of the steps it said it didnt do anything because it couldnt go back to that day.. so I tried 7 different days going all the way back into december, with the same results.. sounds like windows need to do some kind of "fix-it".. i normally have no problem, but I also have my system restore turned on so if I forget to do a restore point the system has recent ones to go to... "Colin D." wrote: Hi, I wanted to create a restore point on my XP Home edition PC. I haven't done one for about six months, this was before I was going to do a defrag and some program deletions. Did all the right things; Start All Programs System tools etc., Clicked on the System restore program, an Hourglass did one flip and that's all, the program did not run. I've tried alsorts to get it to run, this is the first time it's failed. I even searched for the file - rstrui.exe - clicked on it and tried to "Open" it, same thing - nothing. Help. TIA, colin D. |
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Restore does run?
You may want to read through this.. there is a troubleshoot section at the
end.. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...w_03may19.mspx -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Colin D." wrote in message ... Hi, I wanted to create a restore point on my XP Home edition PC. I haven't done one for about six months, this was before I was going to do a defrag and some program deletions. Did all the right things; Start All Programs System tools etc., Clicked on the System restore program, an Hourglass did one flip and that's all, the program did not run. I've tried alsorts to get it to run, this is the first time it's failed. I even searched for the file - rstrui.exe - clicked on it and tried to "Open" it, same thing - nothing. Help. TIA, colin D. |
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Restore does run?
Guys, if your PC runs slow, please check this link for tips and tricks.
System restore is something that should be basically disabled because it chews-up system resources and it does not work as it should...From the article on the MS site it makes it very clear that you have to have every piece of software XP compliant....come on....give us a break. it works provided.... Here I found this site very helpful, especially if you want to tweak your PC for optimum performance: http:www.blackviper.com Jen wrote: Please let me know if someone gives you an answer as too why restore isnt working.. My computer runs really slow, and I tried to go back to last week and once it went thru all of the steps it said it didnt do anything because it couldnt go back to that day.. so I tried 7 different days going all the way back into december, with the same results.. sounds like windows need to do some kind of "fix-it".. i normally have no problem, but I also have my system restore turned on so if I forget to do a restore point the system has recent ones to go to... "Colin D." wrote: Hi, I wanted to create a restore point on my XP Home edition PC. I haven't done one for about six months, this was before I was going to do a defrag and some program deletions. Did all the right things; Start All Programs System tools etc., Clicked on the System restore program, an Hourglass did one flip and that's all, the program did not run. I've tried alsorts to get it to run, this is the first time it's failed. I even searched for the file - rstrui.exe - clicked on it and tried to "Open" it, same thing - nothing. Help. TIA, colin D. |
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