Wow - thanks for all the help! I'm starting to wonder if I should even
bother or if I should find an alternative. The reason why I wanted to do
this was because I downloaded something I shouldn't have. (This is the place
where I smack myself in the forehead).
McAfee didn't notice, Windows Defender did and stopped one thing but I
allowed another. Spybot removed something but I'm not sure the computer is
all "clean". And I'm paranoid. My intent was to revert back to everything
before my idiotic mistake, and the system restore seemed like a good option.
I'm annoyed that something like that doesn't work.
Supposedly Windows defender and everything else says I'm "OK" but I'm not
convinced. Especially after I ran the Windows Live Safety Scanner (beta
version for Vista) which found two things but then couldn't do anything about
them.
Is this where I unplug my machine and take it to be looked at??
"abbey" wrote:
Quote:
> 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.