System Restore unable to restore
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From: Roger R on 20 Mar 2010 13:16 My Win XP system is working fine, however whenever I try to do a System Restore it fails and I don't know why. In the distant past I have successfully run System Restore and returned the machine to an earlier time, so I am reasonably confident with its operation. When System Restore is opened the calender box shows each possible restore point date in bold. Selecting one of these, the dialogue box reports a valid system check point for that day. Proceeding with a selected date the system shuts down, restarts, fully loads then announces the system cannot be restored to the selected date and that no changes have been made. No reason is given. The system then operates as normal. Can it be that my operation of the application CCleaner is clearing some of the necessary data. Some selectable options are: Memory Dumps, Windows Log Files, DNS Cache, User Assist History, IIS Log Files. Please advise.
From: "db" databaseben at hotmail dot on 20 Mar 2010 13:28 it could be a anti virus program that is preventing changes to the system. however, one wonders what other problems you are experiencing that you find a need to restore your pc back to a functional time. but something to keep in mind is that if you are experiencing the affects of malware, then the malware may have been saved in the restore point(s), thus you may be inadvertently reinstalling malware when you execute a restore point. in any case, you might try executing a restore point via safe mode. -- db���`�...�><)))�> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - Microsoft Partner - @hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen > > "Roger R" <decoder.invalid(a)clara.invalid.co.uk> wrote in message news:ho2vs7$68g$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > My Win XP system is working fine, however whenever I try to do a System > Restore it fails and I don't know why. > > In the distant past I have successfully run System Restore and returned the > machine to an earlier time, so I am reasonably confident with its operation. > > When System Restore is opened the calender box shows each possible restore > point date in bold. Selecting one of these, the dialogue box reports a > valid system check point for that day. Proceeding with a selected date the > system shuts down, restarts, fully loads then announces the system cannot be > restored to the selected date and that no changes have been made. No reason > is given. The system then operates as normal. > > Can it be that my operation of the application CCleaner is clearing some of > the necessary data. Some selectable options are: > Memory Dumps, Windows Log Files, DNS Cache, User Assist History, IIS Log > Files. > > Please advise. > > >
From: Peter Foldes on 20 Mar 2010 14:27 Norton installed by any chance ??? -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Roger R" <decoder.invalid(a)clara.invalid.co.uk> wrote in message news:ho2vs7$68g$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > My Win XP system is working fine, however whenever I try to do a System > Restore it fails and I don't know why. > > In the distant past I have successfully run System Restore and returned the > machine to an earlier time, so I am reasonably confident with its operation. > > When System Restore is opened the calender box shows each possible restore > point date in bold. Selecting one of these, the dialogue box reports a > valid system check point for that day. Proceeding with a selected date the > system shuts down, restarts, fully loads then announces the system cannot be > restored to the selected date and that no changes have been made. No reason > is given. The system then operates as normal. > > Can it be that my operation of the application CCleaner is clearing some of > the necessary data. Some selectable options are: > Memory Dumps, Windows Log Files, DNS Cache, User Assist History, IIS Log > Files. > > Please advise. > > >
From: SC Tom on 20 Mar 2010 15:02 "Roger R" <decoder.invalid(a)clara.invalid.co.uk> wrote in message news:ho2vs7$68g$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > My Win XP system is working fine, however whenever I try to do a System > Restore it fails and I don't know why. > > In the distant past I have successfully run System Restore and returned > the > machine to an earlier time, so I am reasonably confident with its > operation. > > When System Restore is opened the calender box shows each possible restore > point date in bold. Selecting one of these, the dialogue box reports a > valid system check point for that day. Proceeding with a selected date > the > system shuts down, restarts, fully loads then announces the system cannot > be > restored to the selected date and that no changes have been made. No > reason > is given. The system then operates as normal. > > Can it be that my operation of the application CCleaner is clearing some > of > the necessary data. Some selectable options are: > Memory Dumps, Windows Log Files, DNS Cache, User Assist History, IIS Log > Files. > > Please advise. > As others have stated, it may be the result of a virus or a 3rd-party firewall/antivirus program that's running. One way I've found that works well is to run system restore in safe mode with command prompt. Here's what you need to do to run it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449 -- SC Tom
From: Roger R on 20 Mar 2010 16:30
"Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eE3dSsFyKHA.5364(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Norton installed by any chance ??? No. Roger R |