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Title: Restore points not working
Post by: REDACTED on May 26, 2011, 08:57:38 PM: Since I have installed Avast my System Restore points do not work on my Lenovo T500. The points show up and I can select them. The laptop reboots and tells me it could not use that restore point. I have tried it with multiple restore points and get the same result. Any suggestions? Is this a conflict with Avast? Is there some other setting I might need to check?

Thanks
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: pcclean3453 on May 26, 2011, 09:33:16 PM: Try uninstalling avast! and see if that works. Report back here.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Lisandro on May 26, 2011, 11:17:44 PM: A long time fight with avast team and not an answer from them... It's a pity. It's a shame.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: bob3160 on May 27, 2011, 01:05:09 AM: Quote from: Tech on May 26, 2011, 11:17:44 PM
A long time fight with avast team and not an answer from them... It's a pity. It's a shame.
Restore point work very well on my System so it's not something that effects all systems.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Hermite15 on May 27, 2011, 01:09:14 AM: Quote from: pcclean3453 on May 26, 2011, 09:33:16 PM
Try uninstalling avast! and see if that works. Report back here.

::)

nope, troubleshoot first >>> start by disabling (temporarily) self-defense protection and do your restore in safe mode. If that still doesn't work (which I doubt) remove the behavior shield and reboot, then try again.

ps: well usually the behavior shield can be an issue for restore point creations, not for restoring. The main issue when restoring remaining, as said, the self defense module.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Lisandro on May 27, 2011, 02:07:24 AM: Disabling the self defense module does nothing to me... ::)
Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails miserably. Is it only MS fault? I doubt.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Joe S on May 27, 2011, 04:17:12 AM: There are a lot of possible causes for system Restore not working. Some third party defrag programs can be the problem. Mine has the same problem. I keep an up to date system image after any major software updates. My HD is partitioned with the system on one and data on the other. Restoring system image takes less than 15 min.
Joe
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Hermite15 on May 27, 2011, 08:32:46 AM: Quote from: Tech on May 27, 2011, 02:07:24 AM
Is it only MS fault? I doubt.

who said it was ::) of course that's Avast's fault, there's no doubt about it.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: bob3160 on May 27, 2011, 04:39:14 PM: Quote from: logos on May 27, 2011, 08:32:46 AM
Quote from: Tech on May 27, 2011, 02:07:24 AM
Is it only MS fault? I doubt.

who said it was ::) of course that's Avast's fault, there's no doubt about it.
Since all of us her are running avast!, why don't we all then have that problem ???
I have no problem with system restore.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Asyn on May 27, 2011, 04:44:07 PM: Quote from: bob3160 on May 27, 2011, 04:39:14 PM
Since all of us her are running avast!, why don't we all then have that problem ???
I have no problem with system restore.

Good question, Bob..!
Also no problems with SR here.
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: Joe S on May 27, 2011, 05:24:57 PM: I don't think mine is caused by Avast. I disabled Avast on startup and tried running System Restore from safe mode and it still fails. I believe some backup software can cause problems with system restore. It's not a simple problem to figure out.
Joe
Title: Re: Restore points not working
Post by: pcclean3453 on May 31, 2011, 07:07:03 PM: I've never used SR, so I don't know.