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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #60 on: November 29, 2004, 11:07:07 PM »
"tab" (spelled that one probably wrong) yourself also on the shoulder Gillie2tat, it is not just the people from Alwil but me, you and many others that have contributed to a solution for the problem by providing information.

Don't forget, it is not just one player that makes the difference between a victory or a loss. It is the team ;)

anyway, I'm gald to see your (and others?) problem is solved.

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #61 on: November 29, 2004, 11:18:10 PM »
Mind you Windows ME always wanted to restart when System Restore was disabled/enabled, Windows XP doesn't - should I just leave that or restart manually each time?  Puter doesn't seem to be having any other problems :)

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #62 on: November 29, 2004, 11:26:27 PM »
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Mind you Windows ME always wanted to restart when System Restore was disabled/enabled, Windows XP doesn't
Windows XP doesn't ask you to reboot, but as you can read in the MS knowledgebase, a reboot is needed to make all changes to take effect after enabling/disabling system restore.

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #63 on: November 29, 2004, 11:48:50 PM »
Ah OK I understand now.  Thanks for explaining that - I always shut down the PC last thing at night and after I've checked e-mail before going to work - presumably that's enough.  Unless I need to restart as soon as it's done?

And I was delighted to be able to help to resolve this issue with Avast, it was no trouble at all.

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #64 on: November 30, 2004, 01:14:53 AM »
Updated to 4.5.542 on both computers...

Nope, not solved on my wife's computer... still same issue with System Restore. When I try to turn it back on, system hangs and nothing else helps but reboot, when you enter the Widnows again (after reboot), System restore is still OFF... sad to say, but problems is still here.

I don't even know if Alwil guys have heard about this issue yet...
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #65 on: November 30, 2004, 01:28:56 AM »
Sorry you're still having a problem Sasha.
My system is working like a charm. Thanks Alwil. ;D

Roper if you're still monitoring this, try the update and
see if it also cures your problem.
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #66 on: November 30, 2004, 01:51:23 AM »
I just update and, after boot, I'll post the results on my system...  ;)

After boot, it's working...
Sasha, what your wife's computer have?  ::)
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #67 on: November 30, 2004, 02:41:30 AM »
But, the problem is not solved... as long as even just only one user has the same problem, problem is not solved people... I'm telling you guys, same situation like before update. When I totaly disable avast!, turning ON and OFF System restore is working great...

Well, I never heard anything from Alwil guys, especially not in this thread, so I'm not even sure they did anything regarding this... I mean, no one informed us anything about where was (and still is on some systems) the problem and what they did to fix the problem on your systems...
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #68 on: November 30, 2004, 02:56:47 AM »
I just update and, after boot, I'll post the results on my system...  ;)

After boot, it's working...
Sasha, what your wife's computer have?  ::)

It's a AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 40 Gb Seagate HD, K7SOM Motherboard, 512 Mb DDRAM. Sygate firewall, avast! 4.5.542, Spybot (latest definitions), Ad-Aware SE (latest definitions), HiJackThis log file clean as a soap.

When I disable avast! completely System Restore is working without any problems... no single issue...

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #69 on: November 30, 2004, 03:06:20 AM »
Sorry, I suppose XP SP2  ::)

Just a guess, did you clean the temp folder of avast?
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #70 on: November 30, 2004, 03:25:32 AM »
Yes it's SP2, but that doesn't matter at all... there was one guy in this thread with same issue, and he is still on SP1. I run SP2 on my PC and no problems at all...

Strange that couldn't be any more strange... I was thinking what was the difference between my wife's system and all other's systems (everyone that posted in here)...

I came up with firewalls... don't know if that has anything to do with this issue or not, but I tried... and it helped, don't know why and don't know how, but it helped. Her system is cured right now. I tried to turn ON and OFF system restore about 20 times, without any problems... no matter do I click on APPLY or on OK after setting it...

Eddy has ZoneAlarm, Bob has ZoneAlarm, Technical is on Agnitum Outpost, my own system is on ZoneAlarm right now... none of these systems has System Restore problems, so I tried just to be sure. I still don't know if that has anything to do with this issue, but still...

My wife has Sygate 5.6 Personal Firewall. That was the only major difference... I tried to turn on System Restore again, while Sygate was still running. System freezes immediately... I rebooted, logged into Windows, completely turned off Sygate firewall, but I left avast! running. Didn't even turn off some of those providers. All of them were running. Guess what ? I tried to turn ON the System Restore, and it worked immediately... I tried to turn it OFF, worked like a charm... OK, let's try something else now... I turned Sygate firewall back ON, rebooted my wife's PC, logged back in Windows, turned ON System Restore without any single problem... I did it like 10 times by now and no problems at all...

Now, can someone tell me what was that all about ?  ::)

However, she is so happy now, even she doesn't really understand what's System Restore used for...  ;D But, she saw me loosing my nerves about this issue, believe me guys, it ate me alive, so she was so unhappy when she saw me wrecking my nerves... Now, she is a happy girl again...  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #71 on: November 30, 2004, 03:49:42 AM »
There where some problems with Avast versions 4.5 prior to .542 with certain firewals (as Vlk has told in another thread).  If this caused the problem with system restore? I don't know. It could be, and I hope someone from Alwil will let us know here what the problem was. I'm very curious about it.

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #72 on: November 30, 2004, 04:02:25 AM »
Well here is my experience with this.  I use imaging software, so I have had the XP system restore turned off for awhile now.  After reading this thread, I just tried to turn it back on. LOCKED MY SYSTEM UP TIGHT!! I had to do a hard re-boot to get out of it. I am using XP pro SP2, ZA firewall, and the latest version of Avast home!  

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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #73 on: November 30, 2004, 04:04:26 AM »
Eddy
You aren't alone.
Sasha glad you're wife is happy again. ;D ;D
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Re:avast! vs System Restore XPSP2
« Reply #74 on: November 30, 2004, 04:05:38 AM »
After the re-boot, I can turn system restore on and off no problem.  Weird. I am glad I leave it turned off!  ;D

{EDIT} To say that I re-booted again, and tried turning system restore on, and my system once again locked up.  There is definately something messed up here.


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