Microsoft’s restore point feature is a great safety net if something goes wrong with your PC. It allows you to revert your system back to a previous state, immediately providing a solution to any ...

Windows 11’s new Point-in-time restore brings a faster way to roll back your entire system, without relying on backups or ...

I’m not answering a reader’s question here. I just felt that these basic instructions needed to be somewhere easy to find. Windows’ built-in system backup program, System Restore, allows you to revert ...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 creates System Restore points, that is, snapshots of your PC’s system files, settings and registry. But those points expire and are automatically deleted after 60 days, ...

Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...

The operating system's built-in safety net can be a quick and easy way to recover from a PC problem, but it too can fail. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff ...

Making changes to Windows Registry can have catastrophic effects on your system’s performance, if not done accurately. The Windows Registry houses the settings for system processes and apps so that ...

AMONG THE MOST highly touted new features of Windows Me is a “roll back” utility called System Restore. This program runs silently in the background, saving a “snapshot” of important system and ...

I'm always distressed upon installing Windows XP to find that it has requisitioned 10% of my hard drive (20GB!) for System Restore. While I like System Restore, I don't need it to back up years worth ...