right click on my computer them  go to system restore. turn it off then reboot and turn it on. then go in accessories then system tools and create a new point.

Dunedin, I don't remember the exact message, but I would try to set up a restore point, and execute the restore. A dialog box would come up saying it wasn't succesful. Some time ago I was in another forum where someone had the same problem, and he was told that the firewall can't be running when you do a restore. He was told to click exit and then run sys restore. Remembering that, I attempted a system restore just last week exiting my firewall first, and it worked. Go figure.:smileyhappy:

i do not buy that statement.

Oh well, do it your way.

I agree with Boppo.  A firewall should not stop System Restore working.  There must be something configured wrongly in that firewall.

 

If Boppo`s suggestion does not fix it, what error message do you get when it won`t restore?

Are you by any chance using  a Norton Product?

Rickwinger. Sorry, the above trick is the only one I know. I like your referal of your computer as a Dimentia 4100. That's funny. :smileyvery-happy:

Grannysue, I wouldn't have a Symantec product on my computer. :smileyindifferent:

I have browsed in this evening with a similar question, except that Restore on my dimentia 4100 used to work, but does not now.  (Fresh out of the box in 2001 it came with ME, but I upgraded to XP Pro about three years ago).

 

Several weeks back (late February) I installed MS Office Business Contact Manager and ran into some problems, and when I tried to do a restore it (i.e., system restore) would not work.

 

So, I went in and was able to uninstall BCM through Add/Remove Progams in the Control Panel.

 

This morning, I ran into trouble with the MS Word Remove Hidden Data tool (which I installed several days after removing BCM) and tried restore again.  It still does not work.

 

So short of backing up the data, reformatting my hard drive, and reinstalling every piece of software, what can I do to restore Restore?

 

Thanks in advance,

Rick

 

PS (via edit): After reading several other responses, I'll note that I also have the Norton 2007 Internet Security Suite on the computer.