system restore

[Mick.]

Hi all,
As I have said before I am very new to Windows 7.
After having start up problems I re installed Windows 7 Professional, all
went ok I think!

I also installed Nero 11 and set the backup up through it.
On going to "System Properties" to set a restore point I looked in the
"Configure" tab to see about setting the disc space for system restore up a
little as I have used the restore a fair bit because of booting problems, i
found restore settings are at "turn off system protection"

Could it be that Nero backup has turned it off?

Can i re set it? I do want to be able to use system restore if I still have
booting problems that end with System Restore being used.

At the moment I would rather turn off the Nero backup so I can use restore?
It did seem to let me set a restore point ?

A worried Mick.

Desktop Computer system.
AMD Phenom (tm) II X 4 965 Processor 3.40 GHz
ASRock 96OGM- GS3 FX Motherboard
6GB DDR3 1333Mhz DRAM
ATI HD 5670 51MB GDDR5 DVI VGA HDMI Out Graphics
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System

 

[TLC]

Hi all,
As I have said before I am very new to Windows 7.
After having start up problems I re installed Windows 7 Professional,
all went ok I think!

I also installed Nero 11 and set the backup up through it.
On going to "System Properties" to set a restore point I looked in the
"Configure" tab to see about setting the disc space for system restore
up a little as I have used the restore a fair bit because of booting
problems, i found restore settings are at "turn off system protection"

Could it be that Nero backup has turned it off?

Can i re set it? I do want to be able to use system restore if I still
have booting problems that end with System Restore being used.

At the moment I would rather turn off the Nero backup so I can use restore?
It did seem to let me set a restore point ?

A worried Mick.

Desktop Computer system.
AMD Phenom (tm) II X 4 965 Processor 3.40 GHz
ASRock 96OGM- GS3 FX Motherboard
6GB DDR3 1333Mhz DRAM
ATI HD 5670 51MB GDDR5 DVI VGA HDMI Out Graphics
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System

See the following:

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-enable-system-restore/

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

See the following:

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-enable-system-restore/

To Nick: would you let us know if TLC's suggestion works, and if it
sticks?

By "sticks", I mean if Nero doesn't somehow disable it again.

 

[Mick.]

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message

See the following:

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-enable-system-restore/

To Nick: would you let us know if TLC's suggestion works, and if it
sticks?

By "sticks", I mean if Nero doesn't somehow disable it again.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Hi, thank you both for your help.
I have now with the instructions re set it, there were only two restore
points in the list both that I had set.

Because I am not yet sure if my booting problem is solved, I increased the %
of the 1TB Hard drive to use to 5%
I can reduce it if necessary when I am happy about the booting, this is
because if there are problems booting it goes into system repair then
restore!
Hopefully the booting is sorted but time will tell.

I Will post a follow up when something happens, the next Nero backup is due
next Friday.
Mick.

 

[...winston]

Are you saying that the amount of space assigned to System Restore has an impact on the booting problem.

Which raises the question...
Does the booting problem persist if Nero is not installed and System Restore is disabled ?

If so, then something else would be a more likely cause (of the booting problem).


--
....winston
msft mvp mail


"Mick." wrote in message


"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message

See the following:

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-enable-system-restore/

To Nick: would you let us know if TLC's suggestion works, and if it
sticks?

By "sticks", I mean if Nero doesn't somehow disable it again.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Hi, thank you both for your help.
I have now with the instructions re set it, there were only two restore
points in the list both that I had set.

Because I am not yet sure if my booting problem is solved, I increased the %
of the 1TB Hard drive to use to 5%
I can reduce it if necessary when I am happy about the booting, this is
because if there are problems booting it goes into system repair then
restore!
Hopefully the booting is sorted but time will tell.

I Will post a follow up when something happens, the next Nero backup is due
next Friday.
Mick.

 

[Paul]

Hi all,
As I have said before I am very new to Windows 7.
After having start up problems I re installed Windows 7 Professional,
all went ok I think!

I also installed Nero 11 and set the backup up through it.
On going to "System Properties" to set a restore point I looked in the
"Configure" tab to see about setting the disc space for system restore
up a little as I have used the restore a fair bit because of booting
problems, i found restore settings are at "turn off system protection"

Could it be that Nero backup has turned it off?

Can i re set it? I do want to be able to use system restore if I still
have booting problems that end with System Restore being used.

At the moment I would rather turn off the Nero backup so I can use restore?
It did seem to let me set a restore point ?

A worried Mick.

Desktop Computer system.
AMD Phenom (tm) II X 4 965 Processor 3.40 GHz
ASRock 96OGM- GS3 FX Motherboard
6GB DDR3 1333Mhz DRAM
ATI HD 5670 51MB GDDR5 DVI VGA HDMI Out Graphics
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System

If Nero is actually changing those settings, it's going to
attempt to do it as soon as possible.

And that opportunity would come after a reboot. So if you
reboot now, and review the settings, that should tell you
whether it happens at reboot time. I wouldn't wait until
the next Nero backup opportunity, to check it then.

There is mention here, that some Nero BackItUp stuff runs
on the reboot. So there must be a service or something
that is running, early on.

http://forum.my.nero.com/index.php?showtopic=13256

Paul

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message



To Nick: would you let us know if TLC's suggestion works, and if it
sticks?

By "sticks", I mean if Nero doesn't somehow disable it again.

Try to learn to put your replies *before* the signature delimiter.

As you can see, your reply has gone away, but before that it was in a
place where one wouldn't look for a reply, and besides that it was
greyed out and shrunk.

That is what newsreaders automatically do to signatures.

PS: I never read the text of your reply...I didn't even realize at first
that there was any text until ...winston referred to it.

 

[Gary]

Are you saying that the amount of space assigned to System Restore has
an impact on the booting problem.

Which raises the question...
Does the booting problem persist if Nero is not installed and System
Restore is disabled ?

If so, then something else would be a more likely cause (of the booting
problem).


--
...winston msft mvp mail


"Mick." wrote in message



"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message



To Nick: would you let us know if TLC's suggestion works, and if it
sticks?

By "sticks", I mean if Nero doesn't somehow disable it again.

Will you guys please use a *sane* newsreader. Windows Live Mail sucks
big time!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Will you guys please use a *sane* newsreader. Windows Live Mail sucks
big time!

I don't use Windows Live Mail and never have.

 

[Gary]

I don't use Windows Live Mail and never have.

I wasn't picking on you per se, but trying to follow a thread when WLM is
involved is difficult enough to make me want to ignore it. Now, back to
Nero. I wouldn't use it. I tried the Nero software suite several years
ago and didn't like it. Trying to uninstall it was a real headache.
Nero's uninstaller didn't get rid of everything and even when it was gone
there were small data files littering almost every folder in C: Users and
C: Documents and Settings. And I was left with a cryptic "RegOpenKeyEx()
failed!" error message on each boot. Grrrr.

 

[Mick]

Are you saying that the amount of space assigned to System Restore has an
impact on the booting problem.

Which raises the question...
Does the booting problem persist if Nero is not installed and System Restore
is disabled ?

If so, then something else would be a more likely cause (of the booting
problem).

....winston
msft mvp mail


Hi winston,
No I thought about increasing the amount of disc space used
to hopefully give more restore points saved.
Every time my system does not boot properly it seems to need a restore
point.

I ended up with Nero 11 by mistake anyhow, I was trying to download just
"Nero Express" but was steered to the trial version of Nero 11.

My booting problem has now resulted in not starting at all, I cant even get
into "Safe Mode" and do a restore.
The fans seem to run for a few seconds only without booting, so it is again
going back to the shop.

I am sorry that most do not like my newsreader I will sort that when I have
a stable machine, this XP computer uses Outlook Express.

Mick.

 

[Steve Hayes]

I wasn't picking on you per se, but trying to follow a thread when WLM is
involved is difficult enough to make me want to ignore it. Now, back to
Nero. I wouldn't use it. I tried the Nero software suite several years
ago and didn't like it. Trying to uninstall it was a real headache.
Nero's uninstaller didn't get rid of everything and even when it was gone
there were small data files littering almost every folder in C: Users and
C: Documents and Settings. And I was left with a cryptic "RegOpenKeyEx()
failed!" error message on each boot. Grrrr.

Also, Windows 7 has its own DVD writing software, which is better than Nero
and has more useful functionality, but installing Nero disables it, and, in XP
at least, uninstalling Nero does not re-enable it.

 

[Mick]

Also, Windows 7 has its own DVD writing software, which is better than
Nero
and has more useful functionality, but installing Nero disables it, and,
in XP
at least, uninstalling Nero does not re-enable it.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

Hi Steve, I knew Windows 7 had some writing software but thought Nero
Express was better, if I get my computer back I will try using the Windows 7
programme.
Mick.

 

[...winston]

"Mick" wrote in message news:[email protected] booting problem has now resulted in not starting at all, I cant even get into "Safe Mode" and do a restore.
The fans seem to run for a few seconds only without booting, so it is again going back to the shop.

I am sorry that most do not like my newsreader I will sort that when I have a stable machine, this XP computer uses Outlook
Express.

Mick
Good luck Mick. At this stage, your Win7 newsreader choice is of little importance.

If going back to the shop, it might be an opportune time to ask any other questions (sometimes writing them down in advance may
help)

Personally, for Win7 I prefer using Acronis True Image for backing up my system(s) I would never consider Nero as a tool for
imaging a backup for the entire system..

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I wasn't picking on you per se, but trying to follow a thread when WLM is
involved is difficult enough to make me want to ignore it. Now, back to
Nero. I wouldn't use it. I tried the Nero software suite several years
ago and didn't like it. Trying to uninstall it was a real headache.
Nero's uninstaller didn't get rid of everything and even when it was gone
there were small data files littering almost every folder in C: Users and
C: Documents and Settings. And I was left with a cryptic "RegOpenKeyEx()
failed!" error message on each boot. Grrrr.

OK, I'm cool with that.

I agree with you on both counts (WLM and Nero), although my exact
problems with Nero were not the same, IIRC. (I might not RC - it's been
years.)

I do remember one thing I disliked about Nero. Back when I used it the
update process was pretty difficult. The word Draconian comes to mind...

You had to track down on their site a number of separate files in
separate pages & keep track of them, and when you were through, you
weren't actually finished. The documentation files were a set of
separate transactions, and (again IIRC), once downloaded they weren't
yet coordinated with the executables.