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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2010, 08:31:20 PM »
just had worse  ;D partly off topic, partly on topic:
I wanted to give a shot to CIS 4 RC ...installed it (with AIS firewall uninstalled)...all worked fine, but got bored with it  and decided to uninstall it a few hours later. Uninstalled CIS, rebooted >>> my new internal IP was an IANA IP  ;D ... I have no idea how it happened (well may be but too long to explain, and I'm not sure at all). I couldn't connect anymore to my router of course, changed IPV4 settings manually to what it should have been... connecting to the router was possible, but with errors, ie no real access (was still denied somehow).

 On topic again: decided to go for a system restoration, and forgot to disable Avast self defense module  ;D ...did all the restore operations in safe mode (ie, rebooted in safe mode too), looked successful, rebooted in normal mode, login screen >>> login in...a nice light blue...and empty taskbar as a sign of welcome, and a completely black desktop. Logged out, back in, the same, rebooted in safe mode, uninstalled AIS completely, rebooted again in safe mode to make sure the uninstall process would be complete, rebooted then in normal mode: hallelujah  :D my desktop is back; time to reinstall AIS >>> see you later guys  ;)


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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2010, 04:41:00 AM »
Lets bump this up for Tech and the others who need help.
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2010, 01:23:14 PM »
Lets bump this up for Tech and the others who need help.
Thanks Mark... Seems that Alwil won't drop a word here... :'(
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2010, 06:48:55 PM »
Lets bump this up for Tech and the others who need help.
Thanks Mark... Seems that Alwil won't drop a word here... :'(

It does seem that way doesn't it?
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2010, 10:57:39 PM »
avast! free
I tested System Restore last night. Turn on System Restore, created a restore point, loaded an Abiword program from a setup.exe that I still kept when I uninstalled Abi because of such infrequent use - I used computer to do a few things, a few restarts, disabled avast self-defence module, then ran the System Restore and worked perfectly - Abiword was no longer on my system.

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Also have once had the problem with Window Defence Center not recognising avast - warning came up on sys tray at start up, and I had to re-advise WDC that I had my own antivirus, then updated Windows, and so far hasn't happened again. If it does, I will start my own thread.

Edit - XP, 32bit, and not using VM ware.  
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2010, 11:13:11 PM »
sounds like the issue needs a Win7 environment to happen...

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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2010, 03:15:11 AM »
sounds like the issue needs a Win7 environment to happen...
Yes, here Windows 7 Professional.
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2010, 08:19:17 AM »
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2010, 05:20:26 AM »
Still no word?
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2010, 09:51:26 PM »
Where is Alwil? ???
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2010, 05:12:11 AM »
Where is Alwil? ???


I think they're on vacation Tech.
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #26 on: March 02, 2010, 06:39:21 AM »
 ???    ::)
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #27 on: March 02, 2010, 09:29:48 AM »
Maybe they have decided to abandon the ship!

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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #28 on: March 02, 2010, 03:24:31 PM »
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Re: Restore points and AIS
« Reply #29 on: March 02, 2010, 06:35:08 PM »
I cannot see how it works only with a warning in Win 7 (say, bug) when it works perfect in Vista.
They should be same restraints - with 32bit at least. But 64bit too - consider Vista has been out since 2006. Maybe not Win 7 64bit.

Do we have confirmation from someone running Vista with AIS suite that System Restore works perfect in that environment?

Create a new Restore point (as yourself with admin privileges will do) - name it something like 'start test Restore'
Run Desk Cleanup thru painful Vista questions til reach More Options / delete all but most recent restore point -and do that.
Download Abiword (to parallel my results)  http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=55980.msg474933#msg474933
Run successful Abiword install - check new program in Remove Programs and Features (Control Panel). (Open new file in Abiword and save as test file)
Disable avast self defense module.
Run a System Restore.
When Restore is successfully completed Abiword should no longer be installed on yr system. Only test file.


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