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Jul 2, 2010

How To Clean Up System Restore

Microsoft's built-in System Restore for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 have saved me a lot of trouble in fixing computer problems, provided the system can still successfully run in Safe Mode at least. But on times of malware or virus infection, System Restore is not a good idea. And it is a good practice to delete all previous restore points after removing the virus and malware so that you won't accidentally bring them back. Here's how...




To refresh System Restore in XP, click Start, then run, type sysdm.cpl, and press ENTER. Click the System Restore tab. Check Turn off System Restore and click Apply, then Yes. After the long wait is over and you can access that dialog box again, uncheck Turn off System Restore and click OK.

In Vista, click Start, type sysdm.cpl, and press ENTER. Click the System Protection tab. Uncheck all available disks, and confirm that you want to Turn System Restore Off. Click Apply. After waiting, recheck the box next to C:, and then click Apply again.

For Windows 7, click Start, type sysdm.cpl, and press ENTER. Click the System Protection tab. Select your C: drive and click the Configure button. Select Turn off system protection and click Apply. After Windows finishes processing this command, select Restore system settings and previous versions of files and click OK.

1 comments:

Mike Golch said...

Thank you for this tip.I am going to do this right now.since the last time my computer was attacked and I had to use the restore discs.matbe that stuff is still hidden in my computer.