GuardianAngel
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Why won't my system restore work? I've erased all past restore points and then started new and even totally disabled the system restore before hand.. Not sure what's up.. 
System Restore??
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GuardianAngel
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Yeah, I know but it still doesn't work. I waited a week and created new restore points and for some reaon it keeps telling me it cannot restore my PC. 
Which version of Windows is on there XP or Vista? If dual booting both versions XP will see the Vista resotore points lost until using a work around. http://vistasupport.mvps.org/preven...ng_lost_when_dual_booting_with_windows_xp.htm
Are you seeing a specific problem after a recent bad install of a new program or driver set?
Are you seeing a specific problem after a recent bad install of a new program or driver set?
GuardianAngel
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I'm on XP. I just like to be able to use it and lately my computer has been slow and IE keeps shutting randomly... I haven't been able to use it for awhile now just didn't think it was normal...
Any system will start to drag over a period of time when new startups are seen and the uninstallers tend to leave items behind in the system registry still trying to load drivers and start up things no longder on the system. If you copy, create, move, delete large volumes of files a drive can get fragmented at times too with the simple need of maintainence.
The loss of being able to use the system restore feature however is something that may end up seeing a repair install of Windows if not being able to be repaired easily. When IE windows shut randomly that could be from a need to reinstall the drivers for the connection again to see those refreshed depending on how you are connecting online.
The loss of being able to use the system restore feature however is something that may end up seeing a repair install of Windows if not being able to be repaired easily. When IE windows shut randomly that could be from a need to reinstall the drivers for the connection again to see those refreshed depending on how you are connecting online.
GuardianAngel
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But I did all I can really do without reinstalling windows?? Am I right?
If some of the basic system files were damaged or now missing the system file checker might help. That requires having at least an upgrade if not full install disk in the optical drive when run to verify various main files as well as copy replacements from the I396 folder on the disk itself to the hard drive and mainly to the "C:\Windows\system32 folder". You simply type "sfc /scannow"at the Run prompt and watch that for several minutes going through all the stages.
Before a full reinstall or fresh copy is seen the last option of seeing a repair install of Window to preserve the current copy is outlined in the article seen at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
That was a well written artcile for this seen there. Often however and seen more now iwth Vista the usual recommendation is for a clean install over the repair method. If you have a lot invested in the current copy the repair method could at least be used for the temp repair until deciding when to see a new copy installed.
Before a full reinstall or fresh copy is seen the last option of seeing a repair install of Window to preserve the current copy is outlined in the article seen at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
That was a well written artcile for this seen there. Often however and seen more now iwth Vista the usual recommendation is for a clean install over the repair method. If you have a lot invested in the current copy the repair method could at least be used for the temp repair until deciding when to see a new copy installed.