System Restore

System Restore is not a back up of files or programs. System Restore is save setting a different times. It is meant to be use if a install of a program of a printer goes bad. Then you can rollback the setting on your computer to a previous known good time.

An example is what happen to me this week. This elderly gentleman brought in his computer and printer. The printer would only print what looked like computer code. After trying to uninstalling and reinstalling his printer drivers. It stopped working all together. Finally, I used System Restore to a time before he bought the printer. I reinstalled the printer worked just fine afterwards.

To get to System Restore:

• Click on Start Orb then left click on Computer and select Properties
• In the left margin click Advanced system setting
• In System Protection tab

It is from this place than you can set a system restore point before you install any software or hardware. However, it is a good practice that you have you computer create system restore points automatically, just in case something goes wrong.