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Can't Restore to Earlier Time
I have winxp with IE7, and want to restore the comp back to
Aug 2007, but as it will only go 2 months back, I created a restore point to Aug 20 2007, but on the last page it gave 2 options on the bottom of the page "Home" or "Cancel" So checking on "Help" it said click "home" to get the welcome restore page or cancel to finish, but when I clicked on "Home" it closed the page and nothing happened. I tried a couple of times, creating new restore points and clicked on "cancel" but the same thing happened. Does any one know please what is going on here? |
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Tassie wrote:
Does any one know please what is going on here? Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do. When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own. |
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"Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Tassie wrote: Does any one know please what is going on here? Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do. When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own. Good information, but your delivery sucked! You did not have to say the person was clueless. You could have just answered the call for help without your condescending editorial! |
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Thanks!
Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than 2 months? I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007. I have tried 3 different methods of un-install, and but it does not do a clean un-install. It is still the IE7 "Browser" ( help-about says EI7) But in win update, it asks to install IE7 as an update for the comp, and installs again. "Just.some.guy" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Tassie wrote: Does any one know please what is going on here? Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do. When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own. Good information, but your delivery sucked! You did not have to say the person was clueless. You could have just answered the call for help without your condescending editorial! |
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Can't Restore to Earlier Time
Unfortunately for you, I think what he said was correct, and what you *want*
to do, you can't. Here are two links that you can read, and perhaps someone with a better understanding of system restore will post. http://bertk.mvps.org/ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb490854.aspx "Tassie" wrote in message ... Thanks! Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than 2 months? I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007. I have tried 3 different methods of un-install, and but it does not do a clean un-install. It is still the IE7 "Browser" ( help-about says EI7) But in win update, it asks to install IE7 as an update for the comp, and installs again. "Just.some.guy" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Tassie wrote: Does any one know please what is going on here? Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do. When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own. Good information, but your delivery sucked! You did not have to say the person was clueless. You could have just answered the call for help without your condescending editorial! |
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie
wrote: Thanks! Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than 2 months? I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007. You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by two things: 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points. 2. A maximum of 90 days. And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with other files on the drive. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Can't Restore to Earlier Time
Thanks very much for that information on "System Restore."
I will forget about trying to that for now. It doesn't seem to be what is required in un-installing IE7. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie wrote: Thanks! Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than 2 months? I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007. You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by two things: 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points. 2. A maximum of 90 days. And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with other files on the drive. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:46:00 -0800, Tassie
wrote: Thanks very much for that information on "System Restore." You're welcome. Glad to help. I will forget about trying to that for now. It doesn't seem to be what is required in un-installing IE7. No, it's not. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie wrote: Thanks! Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than 2 months? I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007. You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by two things: 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points. 2. A maximum of 90 days. And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with other files on the drive. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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You may want to check with the folks on one of the IE newsgroups.
Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.net Tassie wrote: Thanks very much for that information on "System Restore." I will forget about trying to that for now. It doesn't seem to be what is required in un-installing IE7. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie wrote: Thanks! Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than 2 months? I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007. You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by two things: 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points. 2. A maximum of 90 days. And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with other files on the drive. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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