The Windows Vista documentation is confusing me. It seems to imply that
backups are created by me but restore points create "shadow" copies of
system files yet the changes I make to my files are included in these
"shadow files". Does anyone know where I can get a simple explanation of
what is included in backup files and what is included in shadow files and
just what the differences are?

Thanks in advance

Tyro

On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:52:09 -0600, NormCameron
<guest@unknown-email.com> wrote:
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>*System Restore* is a component that allows for the rolling back of
>system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous
>state in the event of malfunctioning or failure.[/color]

Remove "installed programs" from that, and it's correct. System
Restore ONLY keeps snapshots of system files/settings and does not
keep track of installed programs or data.

Wikipedia is not the best of sources.

Richie Hardwick