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My PC has started acting strangely. I can’t remember what I did that might have caused this, but I know roughly when it happened. What can I do?

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Published on 24 January 2007

System Restore enables you to roll back Windows Vista to an earlier point in time without affecting your personal files. You can run it from within Windows Vista or in Safe mode by clicking Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System, clicking System Protection and clicking System Restore. You can also run it from the Repair your computer menu on your installation disc.

Roll back to a previous setting

Blast from the past - If you're having problems and can't understand why, you can roll back to a previous state when things were fine
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kyberpast@hotmail.co
Very useful as I am new to Vista, and wouldn't have known about this.
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ShellP
This is a great point. But how to choose the date? I've tried Repair. It tells me it can't find the application. So, I can't decide how far to go back. And how to restore files from my media drive?
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16/10/07 | 06:34
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edayah3001
i do know why.. after use thr system restore... certain programmes are not working
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