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From: Peter Foldes on 29 Dec 2009 23:59 Tim > Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry > backup Yes it is -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:OI4YjROiKHA.4912(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry > backup. <snip>
From: Tim Meddick on 30 Dec 2009 12:30 Perhaps I am wrong about not saving user settings. I assumed that since no changes to the "personal" [My Documents] folder are saved (or, indeed, no changes to the "Home" [profile] folder) that personal settings would not be saved either. But I will certainly defer to your greater experience. I apologise. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message news:eECE1XQiKHA.5608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Tim Meddick wrote: > >> [Snip...] The part of the registry saved in a System Restore point is the "System" >> part (hive) only and changes made to your personal profile are not backed up. > > That is not so, Tim. System Restore backs up all the user hives and it will > restore the hive of the currently logged on user. It's easy enough to test. > > John
From: Tim Meddick on 30 Dec 2009 12:39
No, it isn't - if I create a registry backup I don't expect copies of changed system files in the Windows' [system] folders to be saved along with it. System Restore saves more than just a straight registry backup, so that any changes made to system files within the Windows system folder may be undone in a "restore". So to say that "System Restore" = "Registry Backup" is incorrect. It's more like : "System Restore" = "Registry Backup" + "Copies of any modified system files within Windows" == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%234SrEzQiKHA.1540(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Tim > >> Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry >> backup > > Yes it is > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > news:OI4YjROiKHA.4912(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry >> backup. > > <snip> |