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Take a trip back in time
Microsoft System Restore lets you roll back your computer to a previous state when everything
worked right. Every time you install new software, and every 24 hours (while your computer is
turned on), Microsoft System Restore takes a
snapshot
of your system settings and saves it as a
restore point. In most cases of hard-to-resolve software problems, you can return to one of these
restore points to get your computer running again.
1 Click
Start
,
Help and Support
, then click
Undo changes to your computer with
System Restore
.
2 Click
Restore my computer to an earlier
time
, then click
Next
.
3 Click a bold date on the calendar (Step 1 on
the screen), click a restore point in the list
(Step 2 on the screen), then click
Next
.
4 Read all notices on the screen, click
Next
,
then follow the on-screen instructions to
finish the restoration.
For more information on restoration, see “Recovering Your System” in your online user guide.
backing up a bit
