On 7/28/2013 11:52 AM, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:01:37 -0700, Winston_Smith
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:55:28 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

I can't get the
computer working the way it used to. The way I liked.

Have you looked into restore points. Even if you haven't created any
yourself, if you have an anti-virus program, it very likely creates
them whenever it's going to mess with the setup.

I don't recall XP ever having a feature to create restore points. That
feature started with Vista.


XP does indeed have a system restore feature. The problem with
Windows system restore is I've seen it safely lock away malicious
software with the system restore points it creates, however.

Personally, I disable XP's system restore service anyway, and go with
scheduled incremental backups using either an older version of Acronis
True Image (version 8 or 9), or EaseUS Todo's Backup software which is
freely downloadable. I prefer Acronis because of it's Acronis Secure
Zone technique storing backups in a hidden manner from the OS,
therefore any malicious software that may creep in can't see the
Acronis Secure Zone's backup images either, or infect it.

If one uses Shareaza file sharing software, I'm sure they'll find an
older version of Acronis rather easily. Wouldn't be a bad idea to get
a copy of Acronis Disk Director as well. Works great for
disk/partition management. Of course, EaseUS also makes a disk
partitioning program that is also free (call EaseUS Partition Manager).

I thought *everyone* pretty much knew about these tools which have
been around for a while and work great.

--
MFB