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I'm having a little problem with my XP install and I dont know
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11-18-2003, 04:40 PM #1
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winXP problem.
Hey all,
I'm having a little problem with my XP install and I dont know whats causing it. The problem is simple, I guess. Every once in awhile when I boot up my system (from having it off all night or whatever) it will reset stuff like my theme, and anything that I have installed recently.. basically anything that I have touched gets reset back to before I touched it.
Any ideas why this is happening? Its getting on my nerves now.
Thanks for any help.
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11-18-2003, 04:48 PM #2
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Doesnt' WinXP have some sort of system restore that runs in the background? I didn't like all the disk space it was taking up so I turned it off.
However, if the computer is autorestoring your system quite a bit, then something serious seems wrong with it.
Wish I could be more help but since I never had this problem before, I never had to go through my computer and figure it out myself.
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11-18-2003, 04:52 PM #3
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Wolfie. Do yourself a favour and turn it back on ASAP. I can't tell you how many times the system restore feature has saved my bacon.
Originally Posted by Wolfie
If you don't like the 10% disk space setting just decrease it.
You'll be glad one day that you turned it back on.
I do what I can.
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11-18-2003, 05:28 PM #4
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I back up all my important files on a regular basis so if something happens to my computer, I will be fine.
Besides which, reformatting and reinstalling everything is not that bad. And it is always a good thing to reformat and reinstall at least once every 6 months. :P
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11-18-2003, 05:35 PM #5
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So. The rumours ARE true. You are insane. Originally Posted by Wolfie
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11-18-2003, 05:48 PM #6SpectreGuest
I don't run sys-restore either, as my server stores all my important files and runs all my productivity apps.
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