Re: Everything is gone!

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Crystal

F12 is used on some computers to invoke the procedure to 'return to factory
state'.. you do NOT want to do that.. you have to establish that you are
logging on with your ID first.. using any other account may well not give
access to programs that are installed..

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Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Crystal" <Crystal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, it's my home computer. What will F12 do? If I restore it, can I just
say restore to 1 week ago? Do you think this will make my old programs,
files, etc. show up?

"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote:

Could anybody else have had access to your computer while you were
away?..

--
Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Crystal" <Crystal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't really know what I did wrong. I shut down the computer, turned
off
the power button on the surge protector, went on vacation, came back,
turned
on the computer, and it was different.

"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote:

Crystal

Things like this don't just 'happen'.. did you use F12 to restore your
system?.. you must have done something, instituted a procedure, logged
on
to
a different account..

We need to know more..

--
Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Crystal" <Crystal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do you have any idea why this would of happened?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Crystal" <Crystal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I turned on my computer and the screen looks the same but it
looks
the
way
it
does when you first buy a computer. All of the programs I
installed
are
gone, I can't find my music, or other files I created. There is
only 1
user
account on the computer. I don't know how to get everything
back.
Thanks
for the help in advance.

I would try a System Restore to go back a few days.











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