System Restore on Vista

Dopamine · May 31, 2008, 17:36:21

Quote from: stevenrw on May 30, 2008, 10:18:16
I have Norton which ain't the best in the world I grant you but it does a scan every week on top of it's normal protection duties. Also HID isn't the type to go to dodgy sites so I'm fairly confident the machine is clean. Everything else seems to be running normally as far as I can tell Rik.
I'll try manually creating a restore point and then try going back to that one later - I suppose it might be the creation thats falling over so you can't restore to it.

I use XP, not Vista, but Norton anti-virus in its default state prevents System Restore from working, so may well do the same for Vista.

To set Norton to allow System Restore to function, open Norton, navigate to Options (varies slightly depending whether you're using a 2006/2007 or 2008 version) and find the check box next to "Turn on protection for Norton products", which is ticked by default. Uncheck it, and System Restore will now work.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/pfdocs/2005113009323013

Rik · May 31, 2008, 17:44:05

Useful link.

Noreen · May 31, 2008, 18:06:09

From the site that I previously posted. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/ssrfailsv.html

Rik · May 31, 2008, 18:07:39

OK, one for you too.

Noreen · May 31, 2008, 18:35:37

Thanks, Rik, I wasn't "fishing".

Rik · May 31, 2008, 18:36:15

That's OK, I missed first time.

drummer · May 31, 2008, 23:24:03

Didn't anybody read my post about booting into Safe mode and the known issue with Norton?

Simon · Jun 01, 2008, 00:17:20

Quote from: drummer on May 31, 2008, 23:24:03
Didn't anybody read my post about booting into Safe mode and the known issue with Norton?

OK, you can have one too!

drummer · Jun 01, 2008, 01:05:07

He he.

I was going to thcream and thcream 'till I'm thick - I can, you know!

Thanks for the karma.

Rik · Jun 01, 2008, 10:26:16

That's OK, Violet.