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> My last restore I had to go back an entire month to fix things.
What utter nonsense.
Restore should be used for any software install that goes South.
IMMEDIATELY. To say it's a "bug gone beserk" just shows how little
you know concerning it.
The problem is the restore hierarchy is usually way too large to be
a dependable tool. Unless one is installing a huge bloated software
package ( MS Office ) than setting the hierarchy to 200MB provides a
reliable safey net for the past 3 or 4 days. And, that's all it
should be used for. It's NOT a backup program.
MowGreen [MVP]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Husky wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:43:44 GMT, "Charles Swenson" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> It's a weighted fix. The alternative is a complete reinstall of the OS, all
> programs that need reinstalling, activating everything it screws up.
>
> vs. whatever's currently screwed up.
>
> My last restore I had to go back an entire month to fix things. Even being a
> slow month of installing new stuff, I'll probably be repairing what the restore
> screwed up well into next year.
>
> Simply because even though new programs aren't the problems, data in the past
> month got written, and a restore actually moved some of that stuff and I'm
> still finding it.
>
> I would say a restore point from a month is an actual waste of time. Better to
> find what the current problem is and forget about restore points altogether.
>
> Restore points should actually be restore points ala Norton Ghost. This attempt
> by M$ is just one more bug gone berserk in the M$ OS.
>
>
>>I see many people on here complaining about restore points , there disk
>>usage , and seem to think they are useless , but as far as I'm concerned it
>>is one of the best features ever incorporated into Windows.
>>
>>Chas
>>
>>
>>
>>"MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote in message
>>news:uxK58eFwEHA.3108@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Charles,
>>>
>>>As long as you do not utilize that specific restore point then the trojan
>>>CAN NOT infect the system. If you can determine that the date of the RP
>>>then you *may* be able to flush it by using
>>>Disk Cleanup to delete all but the most recent ones . There is NO need to
>>>flush the entire restore hierarchy .
>>>
>>>If you can determine it's date and it IS an older restore point, go to
>>>Start, Program , Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup. Choose the drive
>>>to be cleaned up, click the More Options button, then click the Clean up
>>>button under System Restore.
>>>
>>>
>>>MowGreen [MVP]
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>>> *-343-* FDNY
>>>Never Forgotten
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>>>
>>>
>>>Charles Swenson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>My AV seems to have trapped the trojan horse "Startpage.12.V" in the
>>>>System Volume Information\-restore{ }rp457\a0088659.exe . The AV
>>>>can recognize it but apperently can't access the folder (I can't either)
>>>>to remove it. It doesn't seem to be affecting the computer in any
>>>>way other than giving the message that the trojan is there several times
>>>>a day.
>>>>
>>>>I assume this is in one of my restore points and if so will it be
>>>>automatically deleted as that restore point runs out or do I need to
>>>>disable restore points reboot and reenable restore points.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Chas
>>>
>
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