A powerful new feature in Windows Vista is the ability to use System Restore while in the Vista Recovery Environment. This allows you to restore your computer to a previous working state even in the ...

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Manually creating a restore point is a bit of a clumsy process. Check out these two techniques for turning restore point creation into a one-click operation. System Restore works by automatically ...

System Restore has been a staple Windows feature since Windows ME, returning in all following versions as a recovery tool for when things go particularly bad and can't be fixed. It allows a user to ...

System Restore is a Microsoft Windows utility designed to protect and revert the operating system (OS) to a previous state. This state is known as a restore point. The utility is useful when there is ...

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Have you ever wanted a do-over? Ever wished that you could just erase the day and pretend it never happened? Well, human time travel still exists only in science fiction, so you’ll have to wait for ...

Has Windows been acting flaky? A specific piece of software could be wreaking havoc on your system. Maybe you've installed a new application or driver. Perhaps Windows is crashing or blue screening ...

System Restore continually monitors system activity and regularly takes snapshots of system files, device drivers, installed programs and Windows registry keys. It saves those snapshots as restore ...