Hi Merry Christmas ! does anyone know how i can reset my system which is XP opperating syatem back to a previous date to restore some setting that have gotten messed up? thanks for your help! Brenda

START, Control Panel, Date & Time

click start, control panel, system, then click on system restore tab

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click START. click RUN..... Type msconfig click OK

msconfig utility will display.....at the bottom of the "general" tab.....you will see a button labeled "Launch System Restore" Click this and it should guide you through it.

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interesting, didnt not know msconfig had the system restore icon in it, used that mostly for removing start-up programs, thank you for the info =)

Hello,

With XP (all versions) there's a program called "System Restore" which should allow you to reset your pc back to whatever date you'd like.

The only drawback, and perhaps this is just my experience, is that sometimes you have to manualy set restore points yourself (as in after you've done updates, installed new third party software, or uninstalled software) before it will allow you to pick such a date.

System Restore sets restore points itself at random dates and times (which you can change in the settings).

You should be albe to find System Restore from your start menue (provided you haven't deleted it or for some other reason does not show).

You should be able to find it with the following path...
START > ALL PROGRAMS ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM TOOLS > SYSTEM RESTORE
(just click on the system restore at that point and it will open).

If you can't find it there, you can do one of two things:
1) Use Search Companion to search for the program itself (called "rstrui.exe"). By typing this into the search box (with the extension) your pc will find it for you.

2) Alternately, and probably the fastest would be to just cut and paste this"C:\WINDOWS\system32\restore\rstrui.exe" into your explorer window and it will go directly to the folder with that program in it (usually also highlighting itself). If not you'll have to search for it (but be warned the system 32 folder is the largest folder of the windows OS <and be sure not to delet any files>) manually.

Once you've found it with whatever method works for you, just click or double click on it to open it and use it.

I hope that helps. If not let me know.