Under the computer description it says:
Generic
Generic
Mobile Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
2.70 GHz, 480 MB of RAM
I did a system restore because i thought it was running too slow and my 30 day trial was up for norton and everything, i did the system restore and none of my old programs were there nothing? What did i do wrong
2007-05-29 07:58:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The "Generics" under the system information simply means that the information has not been set for those items. It is the information right about the processor (like you showed in your listing) then it is the owner information. Nothing to worry about.
As for a system restore....
When you do a restore, it only restores registery settings and system files and configuration. It can not restore any old programs that you have removed, etc. As the average computer has twenty to fifty restore points on it, if Windows try to make 50 copies of EVERY file on you PC, it would fill the hard drive up completely in no times. So only a small amount of critical information is in a restore point.
If you are missing porgrams, you either restored to a point where they were not on the PC, or they are not items included in the restore point.
You can always "undo" your restore by going back to todays resotre point. That should put everything back to the way it was when you started.
2007-05-29 08:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
System restore, restores your pc to a state of x number of days/weeks/months. So any program you installed since is long gone.
If your pc is running slow download and install these pieces of software and scan with them on a regular basis.
AVG anti-virus
spyware terminator
spybot search and distroy
ccleaner
They are all free.
2007-05-29 15:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how far back it was restored to.. If you took it all the way back to the beginning, then you went back to a point in time BEFORE any of the programs were loaded. You can try a different restore point, a little further in the future, and they should automagically appear. Otherwise, you'll need to reinstall them.
2007-05-29 15:02:33 · answer #3 · answered by Robb in Highlands 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
format your pc and intall the software again
2007-05-29 15:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by tomtom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋