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System
Restore is one of the significant features present in Microsoft Windows Me/XP/Vista
operating systems. All of us are very familiar with the “undo” command in Microsoft
Word. System Restore of the Windows Operating System is same as function as undo.
We can
use the System Restore option to undo any changes we made to the system. But any
alterations done in the personal data files like word documents, drawings etc are
not restored back.
For example, if we do some changes in our system like software
upgrade or installing a new application, lot of changes occur in our system. These
changes result in the instability of system sometimes.
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Using System Restore option,
we can go back to state of the system how it was prior to software upgrade or installing
new application.
Windows
often creates restore points. These are the snapshots recorded periodically and
at the moment of happening important events like installing a new application in
the system. We can also manually create restore points at any moment.
Using system restore
& creating restore points in our computer:
Start->
Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> System restore.
Start->
Help and Support-> Undo changes to your computer with System Restore.
Here,
we can select either restoring computer to an earlier time or we can create a restore
point.
To turn on/off
System Restore:
Right
click on My Computer-> Click on Properties-> Select System Restore Tab->
Check/Uncheck “Turn off System Restore” for turn off/turn on System Restore option.
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We must
log on to the operating system as the system administrator in order to turn the
System Restore feature on or off. All the restore points will be deleted if
we turn off the System Restore option.
Uninstalling
applications can be effectively done using Add/Remove programs in control panel
rather than using System Restore feature.
We should remember that System Restore cannot create restore points any more if
there is no enough space available for creating one.
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