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Craig S - 20 Oct 2004 17:59 GMT

Had cured prior with 290700 DnLoad AFTER a Me Re-install; Not making R
Points; DID create Manual Date BUT did NOT restore a file saved on Desktop/R
Pt made / file deleted. smgr.dll / Win/System still 490.0.3003; DISABLE
Restore BOX NOT chkd; 600 MB allotted; Win Me & Office Updates working &
Current; Belarc list looks OK against MS update review list. Oct 6 & 13
Restore calendar show Win Updates Dnloaded but NO R Pts; Calendar won't allow
look at Sept dates to chk; Any ideas? Many Thanks!

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Mike M - 20 Oct 2004 18:55 GMT

Attempting to respond in line

> Had cured prior with 290700 DnLoad AFTER a Me Re-install;

That's essential

> Not making R Points;

Have you fixed this or not?

> DID create Manual Date BUT did NOT restore a file saved on
> Desktop

What was the file extension of the file? Is it one that is monitored by
SR?

> /R Pt made / file deleted. smgr.dll

Why? For what purpose?

> / Win/System still 490.0.3003;

Good, that means that system file protection is working. You should NOT
be able to delete smgr.dll.

> DISABLE Restore BOX NOT chkd; 600 MB allotted; Win Me &
> Office Updates working & Current; Belarc list looks OK against MS
> update review list. Oct 6 & 13 Restore calendar show Win Updates
> Dnloaded but NO R Pts; Calendar won't allow look at Sept dates to
> chk; Any ideas? Many Thanks!

So in summary your problems are:
a) No automatic checkpoints?
b) Unnamed file with unknown extension not restored. However if not a
file with a monitored extension then this would be normal.
c) No September check points. Not a problem as they have probably been
discarded either because of installing the 290700 update or because they
have been dropped as newer checkpoints have been created. How much space
have you allocated to the restore archive? How big is the C:\_RESTORE
folder? To check this you will have to enable the viewing of not only
hidden files but also hidden system files when using Explorer (Tools |
Folder Options | View and check the box "Show hidden files and folders"
and UNcheck the box "Hide protected operating system files".

Depending on your answers to b) and c) someone should be able to help
including getting your system to create automatic system checkpoints a).

I'm sorry if I have misunderstood your posting but it might have helped
those trying to follow your post if you had used some punctuation and line
breaks. <vbg>

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Craig S - 21 Oct 2004 21:57 GMT

10Thanks, Mike. Still "No Restore" capability/"No Check Points". First, poor
punctuation mess probably because I CANNOT START a thread with (up-to-date)
IE6 in this Forum BUT I CAN Reply; I had to use Firefox to Post (go figure).
The Desktop file I couldn't Restore was [.txt] from WordPad; I indicated
prior 600 MB for Restore allotment; I DID NOT delete [ smgr.dll ]. I deleted
the WordPad [.txt] file to Test Restore. [smgr.dll] is correct ver 490.0.3003
/ Update from 290700 dnload shows "Successful". Belarc report looks OK
against MS List. Still get NO ERROR Messages. Want Restore Help first but
2nd: Why CAN'T I Start New Forum Thread from IE6 BUT I CAN Reply? Thanks
again!

> Attempting to respond in line
>
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> those trying to follow your post if you had used some punctuation and line
> breaks. <vbg>

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Mike M - 21 Oct 2004 22:19 GMT

Craig,

I'm sorry but am unable to read your post. If you want help from me at
least you need to post in a legible format, use punctuation and
occasionally start a new line/paragraph. Hopefully someone with more
patience will decode your post and help you with whatever problem it is
you are having.

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> 10Thanks, Mike. Still "No Restore" capability/"No Check Points".
> First, poor punctuation mess probably because I CANNOT START a thread
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Why CAN'T I Start New Forum Thread from IE6 BUT I CAN Reply? Thanks
> again!

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