System 2
HP Pavilion 7960 1.3 ghz
256 mbs Rdram PC600
HP MX90 Monitor
Soundblaster Audigy Gamer
Monsoon 5.1
80 Gig WD Internal HD 7200, External 80 Gig Maxtor 7200
System 3
Dell Dimension 8200 2.0 Ghz
256 mbs Rdram PC800
80 Gig Internal 7200 HD
Dell 19" Monitor
Santa Cruz DSP
Cambridge Soundworks 4.1
System 4
HP Pavilion 9795C 1.4 Ghz
HP MX90 Monitor
512 mbs Rdram PC800
60 Gig Internal 7200 HD
80 Gig External Maxtor 5400 HD
External 24X10X40 USB 2.0 CDRW
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Klipsch THX 5.1
HP 1218 Photosmart Printer
HP 5100C Scanner
All home networked with Netgear 314 Router w/DSL
If you are using Windows ME or Windows XP you could use System Restore to restore your system to configuration that worked before the problem occurred.
It's a good feature if it's working. If it's not working then you don't have enough disk space or it's shut off. If your system shipped before June 2001 then there is a patch to install. Check in C:\Windows\System for a file called smgr.dll and check the ver # It should be 4.90.0.3003. If not you need to go to windows update and get the patch. You will lose all restore points but they won't work after Sept 2001 anyway. Download the file 290700usam.exe from Microsoft®'s download support site (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads) or refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q290700 to download and install this file.
Well, if you have been able to go back 6 months in the forum messages, you must certainly have come across many messages that have discussed solutions to the System Restore problem. For example programs running in the background can cause the system to never appear to be idle - System Restore requires that the computer be idle for at least 2 minutes before it will create a restore point. There are also numerous refrerences to the Microsoft documents that help with troubleshooting System Restore - but whether or not these articles apply to your situation is difficult to tell, since you don't say which version of Windows you are running.
There is no way that I know of to restore your computer to out of the box condition. You will lose something like logos if you format your hard drive. So there really is no way.
Seeker2
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July 16th, 2002 00:00
If you have your original recovery software that came with you computer, you should be able to restore it to out of box condition.
Good Luck
System 1
Homemade AMD 1ghz
512 mbs sdram
Dual Boot ME, Win 2K
System 2
HP Pavilion 7960 1.3 ghz
256 mbs Rdram PC600
HP MX90 Monitor
Soundblaster Audigy Gamer
Monsoon 5.1
80 Gig WD Internal HD 7200, External 80 Gig Maxtor 7200
System 3
Dell Dimension 8200 2.0 Ghz
256 mbs Rdram PC800
80 Gig Internal 7200 HD
Dell 19" Monitor
Santa Cruz DSP
Cambridge Soundworks 4.1
System 4
HP Pavilion 9795C 1.4 Ghz
HP MX90 Monitor
512 mbs Rdram PC800
60 Gig Internal 7200 HD
80 Gig External Maxtor 5400 HD
External 24X10X40 USB 2.0 CDRW
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Klipsch THX 5.1
HP 1218 Photosmart Printer
HP 5100C Scanner
All home networked with Netgear 314 Router w/DSL
volcano11
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July 16th, 2002 01:00
If you are using Windows ME or Windows XP you could use System Restore to restore your system to configuration that worked before the problem occurred.
Steve
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December 9th, 2002 13:00
Dampco1
112 Posts
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December 9th, 2002 13:00
It's a good feature if it's working. If it's not working then you don't have enough disk space or it's shut off. If your system shipped before June 2001 then there is a patch to install. Check in C:\Windows\System for a file called smgr.dll and check the ver # It should be 4.90.0.3003. If not you need to go to windows update and get the patch. You will lose all restore points but they won't work after Sept 2001 anyway. Download the file 290700usam.exe from Microsoft®'s download support site (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads) or refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q290700 to download and install this file.
You can read the article from Dell Here
volcano11
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28K Posts
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December 9th, 2002 13:00
Well, if you have been able to go back 6 months in the forum messages, you must certainly have come across many messages that have discussed solutions to the System Restore problem. For example programs running in the background can cause the system to never appear to be idle - System Restore requires that the computer be idle for at least 2 minutes before it will create a restore point. There are also numerous refrerences to the Microsoft documents that help with troubleshooting System Restore - but whether or not these articles apply to your situation is difficult to tell, since you don't say which version of Windows you are running.
Steve
INTERNET2000
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December 9th, 2002 20:00