Microsoft’s restore point feature is a great safety net if something goes wrong with your PC. It allows you to revert your system back to a previous state, immediately providing a solution to any ...

Microsoft has changed how Windows 11 manages System Restore points after its June 2025 security update. The update, KB5060842, says that starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, System Restore points ...

For a number of years Microsoft Windows has had a nice feature for recovering from something "bad" using system restore points. These system snapshots can be configured to happen automatically.

System Protection by default can delete System Restore Points that are local shadow copies. A System Image Restore Point is described as a type ‘Backup’ and is not a shadow copy – it is Metadata that ...

I've successfully gone back to a Restore Point in Windows XP x64 on bootcamp. Haven't tried with 7, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't. Perhaps the problem is with your Windows install?

A new feature called Point-in-time Restore is coming to Microsoft PCs, and will be available to Windows 11 and Windows 10 users. It means that you’ll be able to turn back time to the state your PC was ...

The operating system's built-in safety net can be a quick and easy way to recover from a PC problem, but it too can fail. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff ...

Microsoft has confirmed that a maintenance tool made for fixing bugs in Windows 11 is causing more trouble for customers. Restoring the OS from a system restore point breaks specific Windows apps.

I'm just curious because I run really old hardware and it's running pretty good right now. But I haven't updated my nvidia drivers in ages. I'd like to try the latest but i'm worried about them being ...