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After having installed IE8 Beta 1, many things
bizarre happened to my Vista computer. Font's were changed, audio
drivers were missing, links wouldn't click, it was touch-and-go
there for awhile. I managed to get everything back up and running
after a few hours of tweaking, changing settings and downloading new
audio drivers. But, I was never really worried. I knew that if I
couldn't get things back the way they should be, I could always
count on Windows System Restore to resurrect my damaged system.
System Restore should always be on your mind when
things go wrong with your computer. It's a good backup for those who
neglect backups. But it's really not a backup system at all, it's
more of a go-back that a back-up.
Right now while you're thinking about it, why not
refresh your memory and take a look at System Restore? While we are
there let's create a restore point and make sure you have a few
restore points saved and that they go back at least a week.
Sometimes, for whatever reason, Restore Points disappear so right
now is a good time to make sure your restore points are there and to
create a new one.
To open System Restore:
On Windows XP - Click Start--->All
Programs--->Accessories---->System Tools--->System Restore
On Windows Vista - Click Start and type in System
Restore in the start menu search form and click System Restore when
it appears at the top of the menu.
Or if you're the command-line type, on Vista or XP
click Start/Run and type in rstrui.exe to open System Restore.
Browse through and make sure that you have restore
points saved that go back at least one week.
In Windows XP you can create a Restore Point by
clicking "Create a Restore Point" from the System Restore dialog. In
Windows Vista you can't create a restore point from within the
System Restore dialog. You can create a restore point by clicking
Start, right-clicking "Computer" choosing Properties and clicking
the System Protection link on the left panel. When you're in the
System Protection dialog click the System Protection tab at the top.
From this dialog you can select the drives for which
you want to create automatic restore points. Your Windows drive
should always be selected - in most cases the Windows drive will be
C: .
To create a restore point in Vista, click "Create" -
a dialog will appear that gives you a chance to give your restore
point a name, like "Before installing IE8 Beta". Windows
automatically adds the date so you don't have to worry about putting
the date in your descriptive name. Make sure the name you give your
restore point is descriptive enough so that you'll know why you
created it.
System Restore is too often forgotten about by
Windows XP and Windows Vista users. It shouldn't be. It works great
and it's there to help you out of serious problems. Using System
Restore to restore you computer to an earlier time will not remove
any recent documents, emails, pictures, or files that you've created
- you won't lose any of those kinds of things. But you will lose
anything you've installed or settings you've changed, or
configuration changes you've made since the date of the restore
point you choose.
Most all of the time if you've installed something
that is causing major problems on your computer, you can use Windows
System Restore to put your computer back to the same state it was in
before you installed the problematical program. It most cases it can
make your computer seem like it never even happened
Keep System Restore in you computer repertoire of
tools that can make your computer life better and easier.
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