Re: TweakUI XP Problem

From: Bill (bkaz_at_telus.net)
Date: 10/30/04


Date: 30 Oct 2004 08:50:52 -0700

Thanks to everyone who posted all the good suggestions, I ended up
doing a system restore to solve the problem. That's a handy tool I
never even knew about. Probably time to read the XP manual.

Bill

bkaz@telus.net (Bill) wrote in message news:<636029aa.0410271926.5cd7ffa0@posting.google.com>...
> I installed the program to eliminate the log on screen, and have the
> computer boot directly to the desktop. I remember selecting a box to
> disable the log on portion, and it worked.
>
> The computer now boots without a pause to select a user, but I've lost
> all my favorites, and more importantly, all my emails in Outlook. I'm
> sure I've lost more things that I haven't noticed yet.
>
> This was obviously a big mistake on my part, and I need to put things
> back to the way they were. Can someone point to some links I could
> use to help me in my quest. My system is Win XP Pro, service pack 1.
>
> Thanks



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