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Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?



 
 
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Old May 21st 12, 02:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Dave[_46_]
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Default Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?

Hate to be so stupid, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any help
would be appreiated...

Thanks,

Dave


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Old May 21st 12, 02:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?

Dave wrote:

Hate to be so stupid, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any
help would be appreiated...


%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Or use the shortcut in your Start Menu:
Start - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore
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Old May 21st 12, 09:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Dave[_46_]
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Default Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?

THANK YOU! God, I really feel stupid now. But thank you so much for
the timely reply.

Dave

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

Hate to be so stupid, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any
help would be appreiated...


%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Or use the shortcut in your Start Menu:
Start - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore



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Old May 22nd 12, 03:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Mort[_7_]
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Default Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?

Dave wrote:
THANK YOU! God, I really feel stupid now. But thank you so much for
the timely reply.

Dave

wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

Hate to be so stupid, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any
help would be appreiated...


%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Or use the shortcut in your Start Menu:
Start - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore




Hi Dave,

No, you are not stupid at all. You are smart enough to know when to ask
a question, and smart enough to know who to ask. Everything is so
complex these days, and no one knows everything.

Regards,

Mort Linder
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Old May 23rd 12, 10:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Tim Meddick[_3_]
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Default Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?

Yes, you can, indeed, create a System Restore point, manually, from within
the System Restore user interface found on the start menu, as described by
"VanguardLH".

But you can also write a VBS script that you can execute to automatically
create a restore point. You can also place a copy of the script, or
shortcut to it, in the StartUp folder of your Start Menu, to create one at
every system start or logon.

Just copy and paste the script below into Notepad or any text-editor, and
save it, giving it a [*.VBS] extension :

------------------- copy between lines -------------------

PTitle = "System Restore"
Dim Wsh
Set Wsh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set CSRP = getobject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore ")

If (CSRP.createrestorepoint("Manual Restore Point", 0, 100)) = 0 Then

Wsh.Popup "Manual Restore Point created." , 5, PTitle
Else
Wsh.Popup "Restore Point creation failed." , 5, PTitle

End If

------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*NB
To be an executable VBS script-file that you can double-click on,
it's filename MUST end with [vbs] - (for example; "myscript.vbs" )

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)


"Dave" wrote in message
netamerica...
Hate to be so stupid, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any help
would be appreiated...

Thanks,

Dave



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Old May 24th 12, 01:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Dave[_46_]
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Default Dumb question - How to create a system restore point in WXP Pro?


"Mort" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
THANK YOU! God, I really feel stupid now. But thank you so much
for
the timely reply.

Dave

wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

Hate to be so stupid, but I haven't been able to figure it out. Any
help would be appreiated...

%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Or use the shortcut in your Start Menu:
Start - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore




Hi Dave,

No, you are not stupid at all. You are smart enough to know when to ask a
question, and smart enough to know who to ask. Everything is so complex
these days, and no one knows everything.

Regards,

Mort Linder


God, thank you Mort. Much appreciated.

Best,

Dave


 




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