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ME system Restore not working Solution

Apr 28, 2004 1:59AM PDT

System Restore not working

Fault lies after 8 th Sep 2001
Go to :-
Htpp:// Support.Microsoft.com
Top Left in second down box type :- ?Q290700? Search
Then click on comment
Scroll down next page to ? Download 290700usam.exe ?
Click, Wait, Then Run It Works now.

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Linburgh, Thanks For The Information
Apr 28, 2004 3:19AM PDT

That particular solution was also posted about a week ago in this forum at the link below. Other suggestions were also posted for the users's System Restore problem at that time.:

Unable to Set System Restore Point

Keep up the good work.

Grif

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And more ME system Restore not working Solutions
Apr 28, 2004 4:03AM PDT

From my archive...

I know the frustration about System Restore. You'll read thread after thread about this FRAGILE feature of Windows ME. The following is a collection of notes about fixing System Restore and what might interfere with System Restore (SR.)

To people trying to surf safely, firewall software such as Zone Alarm has stopped restore points from being created. If you've added such recently, disable such and see if the restore points are working again. Report this to the vendors/makers/authors so they will fix it.

Let's cover a few items?

1. The September 8, 2001 patch.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q290700">
MS KB Q 290700 - "Checkpoints That You Create After September 8,2001 Do Not Restore Your Computer"


2. A rather LENGTHY article with many links and more articles on fixing System Restore.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q306768"> Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows Millennium Edition

The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q306768

3. How to use the SCANREG /RESTORE in Windows ME

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/trouble/INDEX.HTM"> Look down the page here

4. PARASITES. These can no longer be tolerated. Let me state that your antivirus does not detect/remove all PARASITES! I consider SPYWARE, ADWARE, VIRUS and TROJANS to be lumped into a category I call parasites. Symantec has yet to WAKE UP! to the spyware/adware parasite issue.

a. Adaware 6 from http://www.lavasoftusa.com">http://www.lavasoftusa.com or

b. Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/">http://security.kolla.de/
c. An online scan from http://housecall.trendmicro.com/">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

5. The new menace. KAZAA borne virus. A big uptick over the last month of machines showed up with KAZAA and some trojan/virus that I think was brought in with KAZAA. The upshot of all this work was to remove the PARASITES, along with KAZAA and hope the machine would stabilize (most did.) A few were quite damaged so the OS was reinstalled.


Bob