Re: Restore

I would suggest reviewing the Event Logs before turning of System Restore. Turning System Restore off is the last restore, other than reinstalling System Restore which will produce the same result.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

David Kelsey wrote:
Thanks Bert and Terry - I used add-ons toolbar and Stumble reappeared at once. I'm now going to switch off restore, and switch it on again, and hope nothing goes wrong in the meantime.

David

"Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23KNLWgyGIHA.1324@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi David,

The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors.
Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html

Post any event logs that appear. There's no need to post duplicate logs.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org


David Kelsey wrote:
I've now tried restoring in safe mode, which didn't work. Now, Registry Mechanic's window opened at full screen but incomplete, and my quick launch programs are all missing.

David Kelsey


"David Kelsey" <david_kelseyNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OT2u%23oxGIHA.4584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have XP Pro SP2. I also had Stumbleupon in the header of Firefox, until it suddenly refused to appear, and cannot be found, nor will a fresh installation replace it. So, I thought, restore to an earlier time. I have now attempted to restore eight times to different dates, some before and some after MS updates, but each time I get the message that it cannot restore to that date, and no changes have ben made to my system. The machine seems to be working normally, except that Registry Mechanic somewhat unusually found 15 temp files one one scan, and another 3 files on another scan, all starting with 'restore'. It hasn't helped, and I still can't restore, nor has Stumbleupon reappeared. I have restored plenty of times in the past, so it has worked once. Anybody got any ideas please?

David Kelsey


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