[TechRepublic] Use System Restore to return to a working OS

April 09, 2009

TechRepublic Windows XP Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online | Manage my newsletters Welcome: TechRepublic Member Update my profile | Unsubscribe from this mail Blogs | Photos | Downloads | Forums Return Windows XP to a previous working state with System Restore When other measures like uninstalls, virus scans, and registry cleanups fail, the best solution may be to restore the operating system to a point in the past when it was working as intended using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore. SponsoredExtreme Savings: Cutting costs with wide-area data services Download this paper to discover how businesses of all sizes realized a return on wide-area data services investment in just a few months through Extreme Savings from Riverbed. (Riverbed) Take a closer look at Windows 7's Jump List feature Jump Lists are a new feature in Microsoft Windows 7 that are designed to make it easier to find what you want and perform common operations associated with an application. 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