Tony UK wrote:
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> Malke
>
> As ever I admire your targeting the problem.
>
> My only comment is that, using Vista, I have tried a number of times to
> use System Restore. About 75% of the occasions, it refuses to restore. I
> don't understand why thiss should be so. Do you have any general advice on
> this subject?[/color]

I'd look on MVP Bert Kinney's site to see if anything there is applicable to
your situation.

MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html[/url]

Problems caused by Symantec - [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html[/url]

System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
[url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html[/url]

Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
[url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html[/url]

Or if you have a Gateway - Can't use System Restore with Gateway Computer
(Jill Zoeller, MS) - Go to System in Control Panel and open the System
Protection tab. Do you see a drive called "Missing"? Selecting C:\ and
deselecting "Missing" will allow the system to take restore points
normally. Note that you will not have any restore points to restore to
until a new restore point is made.

Or you could post in the System Restore forum on AumHA:
[url]http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=54[/url]

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
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