H,

A system restore checkpoint should normally be automatically created
whenever installing a patch from the Windows Updates site although for
some odd reason there has always been the odd hotfix that doesn't. :-(
--
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx
In memory of a very dear friend, Windows MVP Alex Nichol

Mike Maltby MS-MVP



heirloom wrote:

Thanks go to Jack, Mike and Norman for the input. Norman and Jack
for ruling out NAV and Mike for the continued support. Odd that an
SR point is set for some and not others. It would be interesting to
see if the lack of an SR point is common to those with the problems...