Cool tweak. Sadly, it has a weird behavior on my Vista Ultimate dual monitor. It seems to be able to restore icons to their original place when moved from Monitor 2 to Monitor 1 but not the opposite: I move the My Computer. If you were running an earlier version of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8.0 / 8.1) before installing Build 9926 then you can use this option to uninstall Windows 10 and restore your previous version of Windows without. NOTE: This includes all of this previous version folder's subfolders and files as well.1. Right click on the folder, and click on Restore previous versions. (see screenshot below) 2. You may have the option to either Open. Restore previous session - Configure when Firefox shows your most recent tabs and windows. Firefox can restore all windows and tabs that were open when it was last closed or terminated unexpectedly. This article describes the. Table of Contents. Introduction System Restore; Restoring Windows Vista to a previous State; Manually Creating Restore Points; How to delete Restore Points; How to disable System Restore; How to enable System Restore; System.
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Windows Vista System Restore Guide. Table of Contents.
Introduction to System Restore. System Restore is a system recovery feature of Windows that creates snapshots, or restore points, of the state of your computer at various intervals or before you perform a certain task. These restore points can then be used to restore your computer back to the state it was in when they were taken. When these restore points are created, and restored, the only files affected are the Windows Registry, programs, and system files. Your data such as spreadsheets, documents, images, and music remain untouched between restores. You may be wondering why you would want to restore your computer to a previous point. The reason being that there comes a time in every computer user's life that they install a new program, install a new driver, or just turn on the computer and find it no longer works as it did the day before.
This article describes how to manually restore a previous Windows installation on the computer to replace the current Windows Vista installation. To do this, you must use the command prompt, and you must type. Find answers to questions about restoring previous versions of files from a backup or a restore point. In Windows, how can I restore my computer to a previous configuration? Use System Restore to restore your Windows computer to a previous working configuration.
You have no idea why, can't resolve the problems, and are left with two options. You can either backup your data, reinstall the operating system, and then reinstall all your applications or you can restore your computer to a previous snapshot in the hopes that the problems will now be gone. By using System Restore to restore your computer to a previously known working state you can save considerable time or money compared to reinstalling the entire computer.
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System Restore points are automatically created when the following actions occur. When you install a new application or driver. When you uninstall or install certain programs. When you install new updates. Automatically on a daily interval. By manually creating one. If you choose to use system restore to restore to a previous restore point, system restore will create a new restore point prior to restoring a previous state in case something goes wrong.
If you restore to a previous state in Safe Mode, a restore point will not be created for the current state. In order for System Restore to work you must have 3. MB of free space for each hard disk that System Restore is monitoring.
System Restore will also use up to 1. As hard drive space runs out, older restore points will be deleted as newer ones are created. It is also important to point out that you must be logged in as an Administrator in order to use System Restore. Now that you understand the basics of System Restore, you should continue to the next section to learn how to use it. Restoring Windows Vista to a previous State. In the case of a problem on your computer that cannot be solved by normal means, you can restore your computer back to a previous working state. To do this you need to start System Restore so that you can choose the restore point to restore.
If you are currently having problems starting Windows Vista, you can use System Restore from the Windows Recovery Environment. Instructions on how to do this can be found in this tutorial: Using System Restore from the Vista Windows Recovery Environment. If you can log into Windows Vista, then you should follow these steps.
Close and save any documents that you may have open. Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu. The Start button looks like this.
When the Start Menu opens click on the All Programs menu option. Click once on the Accessories Start Menu group. Click once on the System Tools Start Menu group. Click once on the System Restore icon. After you click on the icon, if a User Account Control window opens you should click on the Continue button. You will now be at the System Restore screen as shown below in Figure 1. From this screen you can specify the restore point that you would like to restore.
Figure 1. System Restore Screen. By default, Vista will already have selected the Recommended restore option. This restore point is one was made after a new program, driver, or update was installed. If you would like to use this restore point, you can click on the Next button to start the restore process. On the other hand, if there is a more recent restore point that you would like to restore you should select Choose a different restore point and press the Next button. This will bring you to a screen, as shown in Figure 2, that contains a listing of all the available restore points that you can restore to. Figure 2. List of available restore points.
You should select the restore point that you would like to restore and press the Next button to start the restore process. Vista will display a Window showing your selected restore point and asking you to confirm that this is the one you would like to restore. Figure 3. Confirm the selected restore point. If you would like to select a different restore point press the Back button. Otherwise you can press the Cancel button to exit System Restore or the Finish button to begin the restore process. If you selected Finish, Vista will display a second prompt asking you to confirm that you would like to continue the restore. Figure 4. Second Confirmation.
If you are sure you want to do the restore, then press the Yes button. Vista will now log you off of the computer and start the System Restore process as shown in Figure 5 below.
Figure 5. Restoring a restore point. When the restore has been completed, you computer will be restarted and when Vista boots back up it will be restored to its previous state.
When you log in to Vista for the first time after the restore, you will see a message showing that the restore was successful. Figure 6. System restore was successful. If there are any problems with your computer due to the last restore, you can revert back to your previous settings by going back into the System Restore Utility and selecting the Undo System Restore option and pressing the Next button. Figure 7. Undo the last System Restore. Your computer should now be working properly again. Using System Restore from the Windows Recovery Environment.
Manually Creating Restore Points. As said previously, it is also possible to create manual restore points as needed.
Popular reasons to create manual restore points are when you have your computer set up perfectly and would like to save the state in the case of problems in the future. To create a manual restore point you need to follow these steps. Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu. The Start button looks like this.
Click on the Control Panel menu option. Click on the System and Maintenance menu option. Click on the System menu option. Click on System Protection in the left- hand task list. You will now be at the System Protection tab in the System control panel. This tab allows you to enable and disable System Restore as well as make new manual restore points.
Figure 8. System Protection tab. To create the manual restore point you should click on the Create button. When you press this button a prompt will appear asking you to provide a title for this manual restore point.
Figure 9. Enter title for manual restore point. Type in a title for the manual restore point and press the Create button.
Vista will now create a manual restore point, and when completed, display a notice saying that it was created successfully. Figure 1. 0. Manual restore point was created. Now that you have completed making the manual restore point you can close the System window.
Disabling System Restore. It is advised that you do not turn off System Restore unless you have specific need to do so. WARNING: By disabling system restore you will delete all stored restore points and shadow copies of documents on your computer. To disable System Restore you would follow these steps. Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu.
The Start button looks like this. Click on the Control Panel menu option. Click on the System and Maintenance menu option. Click on the System menu option. Click on System Protection in the left- hand task list.
Uncheck the checkboxes next to each hard drive listed under the Create restore points automatically on the selected disks: section. When you uncheck a disk you will be presented with the following screen. Figure 1. 1. Turn off System Restore confirmation. You should click on the Turn System Protection Off button. Press the Apply button and then the OK button. System Restore is now disabled on your computer.
Enabling System Restore. By default System Restore is enabled on Windows Vista computers so you will only need to enable it if you have previously disabled it.
To enable System Restore do the following. Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu. The Start button looks like this. Click on the Control Panel menu option. Click on the System and Maintenance menu option. Click on the System menu option. Click on System Protection in the left- hand task list.
Put a checkmark in the checkboxes next to each hard drive listed under the Create restore points automatically on the selected disks: section. Press the Apply button and then the OK button.
System Restore is now enabled on your computer. Deleting Restore Points. There are two safe ways to delete restore points stored on your computer. These ways are described below: Turn off System Restore - When you turn off System Restore, all previously created restore points will be deleted. System Restore runs out of storage space - If System Restore runs out of allocated space it will delete the older restore point in order to create free space in which to create the new restore point. System Restore and Shadow Copy. If you are the owner Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise then you also have a feature called Shadow Copy available to you.
Shadow Copy is a feature integrated into System Restore that makes copies of your documents when a restore point is created. You can then use these shadow copies to restore these files at a later date if they have been accidentally deleted or altered in some way. Since Shadow Copy is integrated into System Restore, if System Restore is disabled you will not be able to use Shadow Copy. To use Shadow Copy to restore a particular file to a previous state you would right- click on the file and select the Restore previous versions option as shown in Figure 8 below.
How to recover a previous build(s) or your original version of. Builds 9. 92. 6, 1. Windows 1. 0 now support a Recover / Rollback feature that allows you to go back to the version of Windows installed on your PC prior to installing the latest build of Windows 1. This is a onetime only rollback to the previous build, but. I've added a set of instruction on how to "Trick" Windows 1. Windows XP, Vista, & or 8 / 8.
Users who have a dual boot configuration or started with a clean install of an earlier build of the Windows 1. Preview: The rollback feature will restore the previous build you installed. Note: If you have not installed a later build after your initial upgrade to Windows 1. Windows 7 or Windows 8. I'll show you a trick on how to roll back to Windows 7.
Windows 8 / 8. 1 The Trick: Warning. For this trick to work you must rename the C: \Windows. Win. 8. old or Win.
You must rename the Windows. If you were running an earlier version of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8. Build 9. 92. 6 then you can use this option to uninstall Windows 1. Windows without losing your earlier version’s. Note: Applications installed and personal settings changes made in Windows 1.
Windows 1. 0 documents, photos and other personal files will be migrated back to your earlier version of Windows. If you were running an earlier version of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8. Windows 1. 0 or rollback to the previous build of Windows 1.
Windows without losing your earlier version’s applications, documents, photos and other personal files. Note: Applications installed and personal settings changes made in Windows 1. Windows 1. 0 documents, photos and other. Windows. Let’s get started: Notes: 1)If you have renamed the Windows. Windows. XP, Vista, 7 or 8. A B and C below before proceeding to Recover / Rollback using either method 1, 2 or 3. After the recovery has completed proceed to the Cleanup section at the end of this Wiki article.
If you just want to roll back from the current build to the previous build then skip over steps A, B and C and proceed to methods 1, 2, or 3. Remember. that once you rollback to an earlier build you will not be able to recover your original installation of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8. Note: The rollback feature works only one time, subsequent attempts will fail. How to recover XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8. A)Assuming you have upgraded from XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8.
Windows. old folder to Win. Windows 1. 0 File Explorer after upgrading to build 1. B)Rename the new Windows.
Windows. XXXNote: If your Windows 8. Windows consumed a large amount of disk space (Example: 1. GB) then the Windows.
Therefor you may be limited in the number of Wxxx. C)Now rename the Win. Win. 81. old (or whatever name you gave it) to Windows. Now you can use any of the 3 methods listed below to restore your original version of Windows. You have three easy methods to access the ‘Recovery’ option: Method #1: Click on Settings > Update & security. Method #2: In the ‘Search’ box enter.
Then click on ‘Recovery Options’ displayed at the top of the list. If you used methods 1 or 2 the next step is click on the ‘Get started’ button in the ‘Go back to an earlier build’ option to start the recovery process. Skip over the instructions for method #3 to continue. Method #3: You also have a third method to rollback which is to click on the ‘Windows Rollback’ option displayed on the ‘Choose an operating System’ screen when you power on your PC or ‘Restart’ your PC.
If you upgraded from a previous version of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8. Click on the Windows Rollback option to start the process. Note: This option may not be available / displayed on all computers. Note: If you have Dual Boot system and installed the latest build from an earlier build of Windows 1.
Click on the Windows Rollback option to start the process. This will restore the earlier build of Windows 1. Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8. Note: If you rollback to a build earlier than 9. Windows Rollback option will no longer be displayed.
Whichever method you choose, after you click on the ‘Get Started’ button, the rollback process will start.(The message shown below: May not be displayed in later builds, but allow anywhere from 3. AC outlet and not running off of battery power)Now click on the “Go back to earlier build” button to start the actual roll back. You have now completed the rollback to the original version of Windows or the previous build that was installed on your PC. Cleanup steps: Note: These steps are only necessary if you performed steps A B and C (the trick) before preceding to the Recover / Rollback option as you may still see the remnants of the Windows 1.
GUI boot menu, simply click on the Windows 1. Windows. Once XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8.
Rename the Windows. XXX folder back to Windows. Run Disc Cleanup to remove the no longer needed Windows. GB of disk space. After Disk Cleanup finishes calculating how much disk space you will be able to free up, scroll down the list of ‘Files to delete’ and place a check mark in the ‘Previous Windows installation(s)’ category.
You may want to remove some of the check marks. Now click the ‘OK’ button and when prompted click ‘Delete Files’. The cleanup may take a few minutes to complete. Remove the incorrectly labeled GUI boot menu only if you do not have a Dual Boot configuration.
If you find that you still see the GUI boot menu displayed when you turn on your PC with Windows 1. Windows 1. 0’, whichever version of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8.
Run msconfig and in the ‘Boot’ tab delete the 2nd entry (Labeled: Windows Rollback). Place a check mark in the ‘No GUI boot’ box. Click the ‘Apply’ button. Click ‘OK’. The next time you turn on your PC you will load Windows without the GUI menu. That’s it, you’re finished!