System restore

Hi all, I'm having a spot of trouble with my computer, running slow, programs
slow or won't load, running low on resources, can't download email, etc. so i
thought i would do a system restore to a manual restore point created on Dec
24 2005. However when i open system restore and choose "restore my computer
to an earlier time" i cant get back to last month by clicking the back
button. I am running ME, avast, mcafee security package, spybot s&d, adaware.
Can anyone tell me how i may be able to get back to that last manual
restore point please.

TIA Rod

If your Calendar doesn't go back that far, then I'm afraid you don't have a
restore point to go back to

As to why this happened, there are a number of possible reasons -
(in no particular order)
1) you changed/added/removed a hard drive
2) System Restore ran out of space, and shut down
3) You've reset System Restore
4) System Restore has FIFO'd out your older points, because you've
installed/removed a lot of software and/or your SR allocation is very small.
5) malware can occasionally cause the symptoms you're seeing - repeatedly
overwriting system files, with the result that the SR archive overflows,
and/or FIFO's out older points.

You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

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http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

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Hi all, I'm having a spot of trouble with my computer, running slow,
programs
slow or won't load, running low on resources, can't download email, etc.
so i
thought i would do a system restore to a manual restore point created on
Dec
24 2005. However when i open system restore and choose "restore my
computer
to an earlier time" i cant get back to last month by clicking the back
button. I am running ME, avast, mcafee security package, spybot s&d,
adaware.
Can anyone tell me how i may be able to get back to that last manual
restore point please.

TIA Rod