First of all, your printer will work on Win 7 if the company (not Microsoft) updates their printer drivers. My epson printer works on XP, Vista, Win 7.
Second, Office 97 works on XP, Vista and Win 7 along side Office 2010 on Win 7. So there is no reason printers and Office won't work if you go forward.
Now, as someone else has asked, for what reason do you need System Restore?
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There are computer viruses that will not only delete restore points but also prevent system restore from running. Do this. Boot into Safe Mood. Then go into any temp directories and delete whatever is in them. Then go to System Restore in safe mode and restore your computer.
If this does not work there is not much to do but format the hard drive and reinstall Win XP and all of your software (AFTER copying any data files, photos, documents, etc. off the hard drive). In fact, do this backup of those files FIRST before even trying a system restore again.
Best way to avoid these problems is to have a full and up to date hard drive backup.
1775 wrote: There are computer viruses that will not only delete restore points but also prevent system restore from running. Do this. Boot into Safe Mood. Then go into any temp directories and delete whatever is in them. Then go to System Restore in safe mode and restore your computer.
If this does not work there is not much to do but format the hard drive and reinstall Win XP and all of your software (AFTER copying any data files, photos, documents, etc. off the hard drive). In fact, do this backup of those files FIRST before even trying a system restore again.
Best way to avoid these problems is to have a full and up to date hard drive backup.
I agree,you most likely have some form of malware onboard. Windows 7 is nice but a big learning curve for a casual user. I am hoping you have a copy of XP if you need one for a reinstall.
ReadyToGo wrote: First of all, your printer will work on Win 7 if the company (not Microsoft) updates their printer drivers. My epson printer works on XP, Vista, Win 7.
Second, Office 97 works on XP, Vista and Win 7 along side Office 2010 on Win 7. So there is no reason printers and Office won't work if you go forward.
Now, as someone else has asked, for what reason do you need System Restore?
Not all companies updated their drivers for Vista/Win7, especially for older hardware. HP is notorious for this.
Quote: If this does not work there is not much to do but format the hard drive and reinstall Win XP and all of your software (AFTER copying any data files, photos, documents, etc. off the hard drive).
I haven't had to mess around with it for a year or so, but before reinstalling XP, on your install disk, you can go into dos and there are a few commands you can try before reinstalling.
Sorry that I can't remember those commands but a quick internet check will find them for you.
Insert your Windows XP disk and boot to that - watch the screen as you may need to tell it to boot from the disk - then try a restore - it may run from the disk. You should also have other options like "Repair". Repair may fix the issue with the System Restore.
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wittmeba wrote: XP is a very easy to use and stable O/S.
As suggested try Safe Mode. I that fails...
Insert your Windows XP disk and boot to that - watch the screen as you may need to tell it to boot from the disk - then try a restore - it may run from the disk. You should also have other options like "Repair". Repair may fix the issue with the System Restore.
Repair mode install is your best bet if you absolutely have to. Unfortunately, if your restore points aren't working in XP, there isn't really any KISS way of helping you through that.
Back up your important data regardless.
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