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cant do system restore blank screen when restore screen open

Jun 26, 2009 4:55AM PDT

when i select "system restore" from system tools, i get a blank screen. How do i restore system xp home edition. thanks!

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Re: cant do system restore blank screen when restore screen
Jun 26, 2009 6:22AM PDT
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what a fantastick person this is that helped me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 26, 2009 6:39AM PDT

WOW!!!! That one thing fixed ALL the problems!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH for figuring this out. All the 2 days spent trying to figure it out, many freeware spyhunters, trojan sniffers, etc. all they want is $$$$...

i owe u BIG TIME for helping me...but my question is.. how did it get that way before?

steve

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Re: what a fantastick person this is that helped me!!!!!!!!!
Jun 26, 2009 9:07AM PDT

steve, Glad to help and Thanks for posting back to let us know the problem is fixed. As far as what caused the problem it's hard to say. If you use some type of registry cleaner it may have removed a registry key that shouldn't have been removed. That's only one possibility as I personally don't recommend using any registry cleaners.

Tufenuf

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Blank everything !!!
Aug 15, 2012 10:05AM PDT

This is exactly what happened to me ! Instead of asking for help from some one....do it yourself F-up !!! LOL any way, I am still trying to " fix " the problem...I will let you knowif I get it !!

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thank you
May 13, 2010 1:05AM PDT

after going crazy trying to restore my email window and dell system restore window and not logging in completely to my web sites..the above advice was of untold help to me,,thank you thank you thank you

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cant connect to email or use system restore????????????????
Aug 24, 2010 5:50AM PDT

Just had the same problem scratching my head 4 hours lol thank you ever so much 4 the info YOU DA MAN!!!!!!

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Some Window program appear blank screen
Mar 7, 2012 1:08PM PST

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Some Window programs appear blank screen when I try to open
Mar 7, 2012 1:13PM PST

I have the same problem like this. Now it is fixed THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

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Blank page when selecting system restore from system tools.
Sep 15, 2012 7:05AM PDT

Hi Tufenuf,

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! Resolved my issue in moments! I was going to use my recovery disks as a last resort. You are the best!

Kathleen

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Hi,
Apr 16, 2013 6:16AM PDT

Hi, I tried this but when I entered the code in the run box and clicked ok I keep getting a box from Windows telling me that it has encountered a problem and has to close.