Vista Tutorial - system restore fails to complete

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.

abbey wrote:=======================================
It may be worth a try to run System Restore
from Safe Mode. Maybe the following links
will offer some ideas:

Windows Vista
System Restore FAQ
http://tinyurl.com/u6z5p

Using Windows Vista
System Restore
http://tinyurl.com/2qhd77

Windows Vista -
Start your computer in safe mode
http://tinyurl.com/397vhf

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Hi abbey,

It sounds as though you might have a corrupted restore point which is
preventing system restore from completing properly. Try restarting using the
option 'Last Known Good Configuration' and if you manage to log on without
problems then go into system restore, turn it off (this will delete all
restore points) and then turn it back on again. Manually create a restore
point. If this fails, then you might need to reinstall Vista. Before you do
this, you might like to save any important files to a writeable CD or DVD or,
if you have one, to an external hard drive. These can then be restored once
you have reinstalled Vista.
Dwarf


"abbey" wrote:

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: