system restore

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My system restore has croaked. Don't know when it
happened - before or after the recent flurry of MS
updates. When I try to run it, I get a message that
attempt to run DLL as APP has failed. Any suggestions? I
have up-to-date Norton AV, Zonealarm, spybot, adaware -
so it's hard to believe it is caused by some malware that
crept into my system.
 
System restore is finicky and will bomb out on it's own without "help"
from malware. When this happens the only thing you can do is turn off
the system restore service. This will delete all the previously made
resore points. Then turn it back on. FYI restore is only good for a
week or two at best so there is no need to keep restore points for months.
 
larry said:
My system restore has croaked. Don't know when it
happened - before or after the recent flurry of MS
updates. When I try to run it, I get a message that
attempt to run DLL as APP has failed.
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If it has got into trouble, it is probably sensible to clear it out and
let it start clean. System Restore. Check 'Disable System Restore, and
OK, reboot. Now have Folder Options - View set to show Hidden files,
and *not* Hide Protected mode ones and delete everything in the System
Volume Information folder on each drive

In your case, at this point, I would go to the Windows\Inf folder, right
click on sr.inf and take Install so as to ensure that you have a clean
copy of its software

Start SR up again, and I suggest reviewing the settings for each drive.
There is not much point having it enabled on data drives, and on ones
with System or Programs I would reduce the space allotted if more than
say 1GB - I use 500MB, the minimum is 200 which will only handle maybe a
week of points. But the default of 12% of a drive seems too much for
its own good on modern large drives
 
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