Re: System Restore doesn't work

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:26:09 -0400, rmo555@xxxxxxx wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:09:15 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-me@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:59:53 -0400, rmo555@xxxxxxx wrote:

System Restore will not restore my HP laptop to ANY point in the past.
I get a message which says it encountered an unspecified error (VISTA).
Also, I tried to access System Restore in safe mode and can't find it.
Can someone tell me what to try? My Device Manager doesn't indicate
any problems. Thanks.

In addition to the other remarks, I know (from symptoms identical to what
you describe) that Norton Internet Security interferes with System Restore.

If applicable to you, try this:
Open Norton & choose Computer Settings, then Miscellaneous Settings.
Then Product Security
Now turn Norton Product Tamper Protection OFF.

Restore the setting later, after a successful System Restore.


Thanks - but I don't have Norton on my PC. However, I was thinking of
purchasing Norton Security Suite 2009 - so I will save your posting for
future reference. Is there anything else I should know about Norton?
Thanks........

That's been my only problem, and I figured out how to fix it. I'm kidding,
really - I actually learned from the Web how to fix it :-)

Lots of people, including me, have had bad experiences with older Norton
security software, and you will see many people in this NG and others who
utterly disagree with me about NIS 2009. However, I don't know whether any
of them have actually *tried* the newer version...

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
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