i agree most spyware/adware cannot be removed by system restore with reason being it doesn't touch the documents folder.as that is
the
primary place for the average user to store data
which is where the majority of adware/spyware/viruses installs itself
to
temp directories
Re: system restore wont restore ... you were going to do a system restore because your screen ... You may have spyware/adware infesting your machine, ... to have something running like antivirus software - and it prevents browser ... Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to about ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool ... the average user probably has far more need of this tool than a corporate environment. ... A properly managed corporate environment will have other means of preventing most of the vulnerabilities removed by the MSRT. ... Everyone I know has antivirus sw installed and I see no reason for "an average user" to download this and run it every month. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
XP Prof SP1 screen distortig with block shape lines ...Q17 LCD.... For some reason today when I turned on the computer after the log ... I reinstalled the mouse and key board drivers... Tried system restore to last known good point and still no better. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: Please help with xp pro problem.... ... > tried using system restore to correct the problem but was told i could ... > am unable to reinstall or even unistall it for some reason.... > gettin prompted to install Ports through found new hardware but for ... > tried reinstalling windows but it wouldnt let me due to something not ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
video ... All my videos played fine with wmp 9 (windows Me) until I ... did a system restore (reason for this was after running ... an anti virus program I started getting this message ... (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player)