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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Saving system configuration with restore
points
The System Restore feature of the Windows
system quickly creates restore points
Windows
for later recall. If you experience problems after installing
some new hardware or software, you can easily select a
previously established Control Point to 'turn back the clock,'
restoring the Windows
in just prior to the installation. This is much easier and more
effective than uninstalling the hardware or software, which
often leaves behind unwanted files and settings. It is also
easy to undo a restore point selection, if you change your
mind.
Follow these steps to create a restore point using the
System Restore utility:
1
From the Start screen, type
Control Panel
2
Click or touch
System
3
In the left pane, click or touch
The System Protection tab of the System Properties
window appears.
4
Click or touch
5
Under
Protection
6
Click or touch
7
Click or touch
8
In the input field, enter a name that is descriptive enough
to be easily understood in the future, such as "Before
installing Brand X Accounting app." Then click or touch
Create
The Windows
point, automatically stamps it with the current date and
time, and displays a message that the restore point was
successfully created.
9
Click or touch
®
operating system configuration
®
from the list that appears.
System and Security
.
Configure
Restore settings
.
.
OK
Create
.
®
operating system creates the restore
Close
-
operating system to the state it was
Control
System Protection
.
select
Turn on System
.
.
®
operating
'snapshots' of your
-
and saves them
. Click or touch
, and then
.
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