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I am Running Vista and tried to run system restore twice. I followed the
directions and picked the recommended date.

I get a message telling me that Windows failed to shut down and asks me to
select safe mode or regular windows. I tried both, it seems to start up (I
see a blue screen with "stuff" on it) but then the screen goes blank and the
machine restarts. Upon restart I get a message that "system restore failed
to complete".

Any ideas? There seems to be very little about troubleshooting system
restore anywhere. Thanks in advance.