System restore and registry

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Yes, and that's the main reason why restoring a restore point that old can
be a bad idea. Any changes you made to the rest of your system during that
time will not be reflected in the registry, leading to unpredictable
results.
--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Craig" <machocraig@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My question is about the relationship between System Restore and Registry.
> Does a "system restore" to the point of 30 days ago mean that registry
will
> be also restored to the point of 30 days ago?
> Craig
>
>
>

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Thanks to both you and Ted. The web site is very useful.

Very often malicious spyware are sitting in registry. Some of them are
very hard to remove.
By resorting to System Restore, we can get rid of some malicious spyware.
Is that correct or not? Craig







"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Craig,
>
> Here's a list of what's backed up and what's not backed up by System
> Restore.
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#WhatsRestored
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://dts-l.org/
>
>
> Craig wrote:
>> My question is about the relationship between System
>> Restore and Registry. Does a "system restore" to the
>> point of 30 days ago mean that registry will be also
>> restored to the point of 30 days ago? Craig
>
>

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Hi Craig,

There is a chance SOME may be removed, but only if all the components
of the particular malware are monitored by System Restore. And you
knew when the malware was installed so you would know what date to
restore back to.

System Restore was not designed to be a malware or virus removal tool,
and should not be relied on to do so. I would not advise using System
Restore for this purpose.

This is what I would suggest.
Virus and Spyware removal and prevention.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/body_spyware.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/



Craig wrote:
> Thanks to both you and Ted. The web site is very useful.
>
> Very often malicious spyware are sitting in registry. Some of
> them are very hard to remove.
> By resorting to System Restore, we can get rid of some
> malicious spyware. Is that correct or not? Craig
>
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote
>> Hi Craig,
>> Here's a list of what's backed up and what's not backed
>> up by System Restore.
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#WhatsRestored
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>>
>> Craig wrote:
>>> My question is about the relationship between System
>>> Restore and Registry. Does a "system restore" to the
>>> point of 30 days ago mean that registry will be also
>>> restored to the point of 30 days ago? Craig