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AnnouncementsGoing back in time with Windows 7Ever wish you could undo a particular driver or application installation? I have, recently in fact when I installed Adobe CS3 on my wife's Windows 7 /XP dual-boot computer. Something happened in that install that pooched the Flash plugin for Internet Explorer. It could have been a bad scene, except for a cool little feature of Windows 7, one that has been a part of the Windows OS since ME (so there was one good thing about ME).
So, I had a few options:
I'll take option 5 Alex
Open your Start button menu (lower left corner, big friendly round Windows button)
Type 'restore' in the search box above the button
You'll see the menu change to show something like this.
You want to
click the Control Panel Action Item that says 'Restore your computer to
an earlier time' - awkward sentence structure but it works. Or Restore system files and settings from a restore point...it works too.
Then click on the Open System Restore button (you should be doing this as administrator).
Now you'll want to Choose a different restore point -- this will open a
window that will give you more control over which restore point you
want to restore from.
In my case, I just selected the most recent restore point, the one I
made before installing the software, and started the restore process.
How long it takes depends on how much work needs to be done reverting the system -- in my case, about 10 minutes.
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