Does System Restore in Windows XPSP2 wipe out newly installed programs? I just installed a McAfee program with 6 subprograms in it last week. If I pick a Restore Point from 3 months ago, will I lose the new McAfee programs? And, could someone plse explain to me about what happens if any viruses were removed during the Restore Point in time I pick..I do not understand the way Microsoft worded the explanation. I am still trying to get rid of Hibernation.
2006-09-01 17:56:41 · 1 answers · asked by Margo 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It takes you back to the date of the restore point, and any programmes that you may have installed since then would have to be reinstalled, including any windows update. Your personal files and documents that you may prepared since then do remain. You would have to reinstall (and update) McAfee.
From Windows help: Antivirus utilities can affect whether your system can be restored to a previous point. If a restore point contains an infected file because the utility is not set to clean the file within the restore point, or if an infected file has been removed from a restore point by an antivirus utility because it could not be cleaned, System Restore will not recover the computer to this partial or infected state. If System Restore could not restore your computer to a previous state, and you suspect that one or more restore points contain infected files or have had infected files removed by the antivirus utility, you can remove all restore points from the System Restore archive by turning off System Restore and then turning it back on.
2006-09-01 20:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by pump7801 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋