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StewartFluney
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May 11th, 2008 14:00
System Restore
I have tried several times to restore my system to an earlier date, and I keep receiving the following message:
"Your computer cannot be restored to Friday, May 02, 2008.
System Checkpoint
No changes have been made to your computer
To choose another restore point, restart System Restore"
I have tried a few of the other available dates in the month of May but without success.
Can you suggest ways I can resolve this problem? I have used System Restore in the past without any problem.
I have a Dell Dimension 4100 Desktop computer with Windows XP - Home Edition - operating system - Service Pack 2, Pentium 111 processor at 930 MHZ, 20 GB Hard Drive and 512 MB of RAM. The file system is FAT 32.
Many thanks for your co-operation and advice.
Stewart Fluney
StewartFluney
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Posted May 12th, 2008 14:00
ky331:
Many thanks for your response.
The matter is now resolved. As you indicated, it was the anti-virus software that was blocking the System Restore and your instructions rectified the problem. Thanks again.
Stewart Fluney
Stewart,
avast has just released an update which is supposed to correct the problem:
Version 4.8.1195 (May 12, 2008)
- solved incompatibility of the avast self protection module and the System Restore feature (Windows XP/Vista)
Message Edited by ky331 on 05-12-2008 08:44 PM
ky331
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Posted May 12th, 2008 10:00
can you give us a list of recent system changes/updates you have made in your security-related software?
for example, have you recently (upgraded to or) installed avast 4.8 antivirus?
if so, a possible "work-around" is to disable avast's self-defense (self-protection) module --- for more information, see
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=35403.0