Vista - System Restore never works

11-13-2007

Hi everybody,
Upgraded to Vista Home Premium half a year ago. Have tried to use System
Restore on various occasions, but I always get the error message "System
Restore did not complete successfully". That happens with any restore point I
chose. I recently by mistake enabled autodial on my dial-up connection and I
have not been able to undo it (Internet Options "Never dial up" does not
help). It drives me insane. It would be great if I at least could get Syst.
Rest. to work. I have limited experience with computers.
Grateful
for any help.

11-14-2007

Duck wrote:

Quote:

> Hi everybody,
> Upgraded to Vista Home Premium half a year ago. Have tried to use System
> Restore on various occasions, but I always get the error message "System
> Restore did not complete successfully". That happens with any restore point I
> chose. I recently by mistake enabled autodial on my dial-up connection and I
> have not been able to undo it (Internet Options "Never dial up" does not
> help). It drives me insane. It would be great if I at least could get Syst.
> Rest. to work. I have limited experience with computers.

Got any Norton products installed? If yes, this is a known issue with
System Restore. See MVP Bert Kinney's pages on this and other System
Restore issues:

Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html
System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

11-13-2007	#1 (permalink)
Duck n/a posts	System Restore never works Hi everybody, Upgraded to Vista Home Premium half a year ago. Have tried to use System Restore on various occasions, but I always get the error message "System Restore did not complete successfully". That happens with any restore point I chose. I recently by mistake enabled autodial on my dial-up connection and I have not been able to undo it (Internet Options "Never dial up" does not help). It drives me insane. It would be great if I at least could get Syst. Rest. to work. I have limited experience with computers. Grateful for any help.
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11-14-2007	#2 (permalink)
Malke n/a posts	Re: System Restore never works Duck wrote: Quote: > Hi everybody, > Upgraded to Vista Home Premium half a year ago. Have tried to use System > Restore on various occasions, but I always get the error message "System > Restore did not complete successfully". That happens with any restore point I > chose. I recently by mistake enabled autodial on my dial-up connection and I > have not been able to undo it (Internet Options "Never dial up" does not > help). It drives me insane. It would be great if I at least could get Syst. > Rest. to work. I have limited experience with computers. Got any Norton products installed? If yes, this is a known issue with System Restore. See MVP Bert Kinney's pages on this and other System Restore issues: Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html System Restore - Error Messages in Vista - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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