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Old May 16th 04, 10:58 AM
MissNascar38
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Default Restore Points Answer

Can I fix this problem? I run Norton System Doctor. Is=20
this a problem or should I just make it a habit to=20
manually create restore points? How do I know if my=20
restore points work? Thank You=20
again for your help. =3D0)

-----Original Message-----
If you can make manual checkpoints then system restore or=20

rather the state
manager must be running and this isn't the cause of your=20

problem.

There can be many reasons for lack of regular automatic=20

system created
checkpoints including running a program such as=20

seti@home, folding@home or
other similar programs, or because a background=20

application is fooling Win
Me's state manager.exe into thinking that the system is=20

not idle although this
is not in fact the case. Examples of the latter utility=20

include v4 of
MotherBoardMonitor (but not v5), Cacheman, The Cleaner=20

(TCActive and
TCMonitor) and Norton's System Doctor where users have=20

reported use of the
Disk Health sensor has prevented the creation of=20

automatic checkpoints. NAV7
has also been reported as causing similar problems in=20

certain circumstances.
Other users have reported similar behaviour due to their=20

always on cable or
ADSL connection continually polling their HD and thus=20

giving the impression
that the system is never idle.

A significant number of users report that 3.x versions of=20

Zone Alarm also
prevent the creation of automatic checkpoints but this=20

doesn't seem to affect
all ZA users (including myself). This problem seems=20

though to have been
fixed in the newer 4.x version of ZA Pro. Similar=20

problems have been
experienced by BlackIce users and other software=20

firewalls have also been
reported to cause some users similar problems.

One user has reported that B's CLIP UDF packet writing=20

software
(http://www.bhacorp.com/products/clip/clip.html)=20

prevented the creation of
automatic checkpoints and another that they had=20

experienced the same problem
with Roxio's DirectCD. Another user has also reported=20

that CookieWall by
AnalogX will prevent automatic checkpoints being made if=20

its "Scan for cookies
every .... seconds" is set to a value less than 121=20

seconds (two minutes).
--=81
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



MissNascar38 wrote:

Windows does not automatically create restore points. I
can create restore points manually. I have the critical
updates up to date. I use WindowsMe program. Your help=20

is
appreciated. =3D0)

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Old May 16th 04, 11:12 AM
Mike M
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Default Restore Points Answer

You will have to do the hard work in finding which of your applications is
causing you not to have automatic checkpoints. My post should hopefully have
given you some clues as to possible culprits. Start by disabling half of the
entries in MSConfig | Startup (you don't need to disable those placed there by
Microsoft and do not uncheck the *StateMgr entry). Leave your system running
and see whether you get a checkpoint or not. If a checkpoint was created then
you know one of the processes you disabled is causing the problem. If not
then the process is probably one of those still running. Repeat until you
narrow it down to just the one, usually, application that is causing you the
problem.

As for checking whether your checkpoints work you may want to try the
following quick test.
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
Could you create a checkpoint?
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore your PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
e) Reboot your PC
Was the checkpoint retained?
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



MissNascar38 wrote:

Can I fix this problem? I run Norton System Doctor. Is
this a problem or should I just make it a habit to
manually create restore points? How do I know if my
restore points work? Thank You
again for your help. =0)



 




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