Hi Joan
At the risk of adding more confusion to this already confusing thread:
The way I read it, is that serena is trying to CREATE a System Restore
Checkpoint to an *earlier* time, i.e. to a date when her PC was running OK.
Here is a quote from her post from yesterday in 'windowsme.systemtools'.
Quote: when i click on at an earlier point it says there are no
earlier points to do a restore. i dont know what to put in to create an
earlier point. End quote.
As Mike and I have already tried to point out, it is not possible to CREATE
a restore point to an earlier time.
George Gee
"Joan Archer" <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> You are getting plenty of answers about this but as you asked me my reply
> is that when I make a manual checkpoint I just put "Install ***** "
> whatever the name of the program I am installing and then click next and
> the program does its snapshot and then comes back telling me that it has
> created a checkpoint named "Install ***" whatever the name is at such and
> such a time and date. I can then come out of there and go ahead and
> install my program.<g>
>
>
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> "serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> thnx joan. i know how to get to all that, its just when i have to type
>> something in the bar to do it manually i really am not sure what to type
>> in
>> there, because i really cant remember the exact date that i did my last
>> syatem restore. so that was my question, how do i know what to put in
>> the
>> open box to do it manually?
>>
>> "Joan Archer" wrote:
>>
>>> When you go into System Restore the first page that comes up will have
>>> the
>>> options to either restore to a previous point or create a restore point,
>>> so
>>> you put a dot into whichever option you want to take. Another page will
>>> load
>>> where you write in a title for the restore point then tell it to proceed
>>> and
>>> it will create the checkpoint with the title you gave it and the date
>>> and
>>> time you made it.
>>>
>>> I don't have my WinME fired up at the moment so I can't remember how you
>>> get
>>> there I know on XP it's Start/All Programs/Accessories/System
>>> Tools/System
>>> Restore.
>>>
>>> If Mike sees this he'll give you all the info you will ever need for SR.
>>> <g>
>>> Joan
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>>> Joan Archer
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>>>
>>> "serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:121FA5B8-46ED-4690-B331-D300385DEBF6@microsoft.com...
>>> > how do i create a system restore checkpoint manually?
>>>
>>>