Re: XP restore function

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"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Richie Hardwick wrote:
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

System Restore doesn't keep track of - OR use - logs. It makes
snapshots of the system at the time that restore points are made.


Richie Hardwick

OK, maybe my use of the term "logs" is a bit incorrect here. I mean
logging the incremental file changes in the "System Volume Information"
folders (RPxxx) throughout the day.

In those System Volume Information folders you will find a whole bunch of
ini, exe, dll, inf, etc, files (and indeed, some "change.log" files),
being
stored throughout the day. So System Restore IS keeping track of the
*changes*, as per my just recent response back to Ken.

Whether or not it is collecting that info - and that is NOT clear to
me -

It's easy to tell, Richie. Go look at the System Volume Information folder
contents for yourself. (That's what I did and discovered there, firsthand,
via Windows Explorer, of course, once you can access it).

the ONLY fall back in case of a problem is a restore point
previous to the appearance of the problem. SO... it's
snapshot-to-snapshot, not snapshot-to-incremental.

For someone who like simplicity, you surely do have an uncanny ability
to complicate matters.

Because I'm trying to resolve a somewhat complicated system problem now.
(I'm having some (seemingly) "out of the blue" svchost crashes while I'm
online, that's why. And using System Restore (to a point preceding all
this) didn't resolve it), so I'm trying to understand it and its limitations
a bit better (also in conjunction with ERUNT, which I've also been using).

The worst part about this is that whatever is causing this occasional crash
is tied into svchost. (at least I get that much out of the Dr. Watson file).
I mean, like lots of "help" that is, seeing is how svchost runs so many
services! :-)

How do you know it's tied to svchost.exe? And by "when I'm online" do
you mean when you're accessing the Internet?

Richie Hardwick
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