Please Help! System restore problem

System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and counting!)

I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to undo
windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the initial restore
claimed to have failed and i was given the option to undo the restore, which
i did... to my cost it seems. now i can't do anything with the laptop, no
keys seem to be working and i have even tried to get the task manager up with
no avail. I'm scared to turn the damn thing off incase i lose everything! any
ideas?

yellow51 wrote:
> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and counting!)
>
> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to undo
> windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the initial restore
> claimed to have failed and i was given the option to undo the restore, which
> i did... to my cost it seems. now i can't do anything with the laptop, no
> keys seem to be working and i have even tried to get the task manager up with
> no avail. I'm scared to turn the damn thing off incase i lose everything! any
> ideas?

Yeah, nuke that POS Vista and install a real operating system where the
programs don't interfere with the kernel. I would, of course, recommend
Ubuntu. It's free and comes with access to thousands of free programs.
Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/ You'll never regret it.

Alias

yellow51 wrote:
> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and counting!)
>
> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to undo
> windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the initial restore
> claimed to have failed and i was given the option to undo the restore, which
> i did... to my cost it seems. now i can't do anything with the laptop, no
> keys seem to be working and i have even tried to get the task manager up with
> no avail. I'm scared to turn the damn thing off incase i lose everything! any
> ideas?

I installed XP when it came out and have Vista on a computer I bought
about a year after that OS came out.
I am still waiting on My 1st restore to work.The driver restore worked
but system restore for Me is a waste of space.I now turn it off and use
conventional backup programs.Sometimes they work but most of the time I
just do clean install and reinstall programs from the backups.
The one time I tried to restore Vista It failed which was not to
surprising.So make them backups as I do from as far back as DOS,because
your going to loose data if You don't.

yellow51 wrote:

> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and
> counting!)
>
> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to undo
> windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the initial restore
> claimed to have failed and i was given the option to undo the restore,
> which i did... to my cost it seems. now i can't do anything with the
> laptop, no keys seem to be working and i have even tried to get the task
> manager up with no avail. I'm scared to turn the damn thing off incase i
> lose everything! any ideas?

At this point you are really b0rked and the System Restore has failed. You
should have uninstalled IE8 first rather than tried to use System Restore.

Back up your data by booting with either a Bart's PE or a Linux Live CD like
Knoppix. Copy your data to an external hard drive or USB stick (depending
on how much stuff you have).

Now here are a few things to try to get back to a usable system:

1. Boot with your Vista DVD and do a System Restore to a time far enough
back when things worked. You don't want to go too far back, but obviously
further than the Restore Point that didn't work. I'm not hopeful about this
but it's worth a try.

How to run System Restore from the Vista DVD repair options:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial142.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ystem-restore/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940765

If you don't have a true Vista installation DVD you can use this:

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/

2. Repair A Vista Installation Using The Upgrade Option Of The Vista DVD
(MVP John Barnett) - http://tinyurl.com/3b7yrj

3. If 1 and 2 don't work, then do a clean install of Vista (or restore to
factory condition using whatever method your computer mftr. provided).

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

JEWboy Ass Kicker wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:h1qpcl$t1a$...
>> yellow51 wrote:
>>> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and
>>> counting!)
>>>
>>> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to undo
>>> windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the initial
>>> restore claimed to have failed and i was given the option to undo the
>>> restore, which i did... to my cost it seems. now i can't do anything with
>>> the laptop, no keys seem to be working and i have even tried to get the
>>> task manager up with no avail. I'm scared to turn the damn thing off
>>> incase i lose everything! any ideas?
>> Yeah, nuke that POS Vista and install a real operating system where the
>> programs don't interfere with the kernel. I would, of course, recommend
>> Ubuntu. It's free and comes with access to thousands of free programs. Get
>> it at http://www.ubuntu.com/ You'll never regret it.
>>
>> Alias
>
> Hey you ****TARD - He already has Vista and doesn't need to get that
> INFERIOR OS Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't run any of his software so Ubuntu is
> useless. Remember Ubuntu is FREE and still NOBODY wants it. That should
> tell you all you need to know about that piece of crap OS.

Right on cue, the parrot repeats its FUD. Want a cracker?

Alias

Malke, I really can't thank you enough!

Downloaded recovery disc and the rest was pretty simple (even for me!!)

The system still wouldnt restore to the date i previously tried but at least
its up and running. It seems that java has been installed (dont remember
doing that!) and it is before this installation that i cannot restore to. I
will probably restore to factory settings using the acer facility now i have
everything backed up (Assuming that works) lol.

Thanks again for helping me out, I really appreciate it!

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> JEWboy Ass Kicker wrote:
>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>> news:h1qpcl$t1a$...
>>>> yellow51 wrote:
>>>>> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and
>>>>> counting!)
>>>>>
>>>>> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to
>>>>> undo windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the
>>>>> initial restore claimed to have failed and i was given the option
>>>>> to undo the restore, which i did... to my cost it seems. now i
>>>>> can't do anything with the laptop, no keys seem to be working and i
>>>>> have even tried to get the task manager up with no avail. I'm
>>>>> scared to turn the damn thing off incase i lose everything! any ideas?
>>>> Yeah, nuke that POS Vista and install a real operating system where
>>>> the programs don't interfere with the kernel. I would, of course,
>>>> recommend Ubuntu. It's free and comes with access to thousands of
>>>> free programs. Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/ You'll never regret it.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>> Hey you ****TARD - He already has Vista and doesn't need to get that
>>> INFERIOR OS Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't run any of his software so Ubuntu
>>> is useless. Remember Ubuntu is FREE and still NOBODY wants it. That
>>> should tell you all you need to know about that piece of crap OS.
>>
>> Right on cue, the parrot repeats its FUD. Want a cracker?
>>
>> Alias
>
> You're like a dog with a bone aren't you alias?
> You just can't get around your hated (jealousy?) of all things MS.
> Is that what has turned you into an MS hating, lying spamming linux troll?

Right on cue, the Frankenmonster spews his lies, insults, profanity and
bluster like a good little junk yard dog.

Alias

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> yellow51 wrote:
>>> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours (and
>>> counting!)
>>>
>>> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore to
>>> undo windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8) the
>>> initial restore claimed to have failed and i was given the option to
>>> undo the restore, which i did... to my cost it seems. now i can't do
>>> anything with the laptop, no keys seem to be working and i have even
>>> tried to get the task manager up with no avail. I'm scared to turn
>>> the damn thing off incase i lose everything! any ideas?
>>
>> Yeah, nuke that POS Vista and install a real operating system where
>> the programs don't interfere with the kernel. I would, of course,
>> recommend Ubuntu. It's free and comes with access to thousands of free
>> programs. Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/ You'll never regret it.
>>
>> Alias
>
> hehehe,...I'm glad you're not an MS hating, linux loving, spamming
> trolling, cock sucking POS asshole loser!
> I wouldn't want anyone to get that idea based on your last 12 months of
> postings...would you?...LOL!

"5 hours and counting" is a good OS? LOL!

Alias

yellow51 wrote:

>
> Malke, I really can't thank you enough!
>
> Downloaded recovery disc and the rest was pretty simple (even for me!!)
>
> The system still wouldnt restore to the date i previously tried but at
> least its up and running. It seems that java has been installed (dont
> remember doing that!) and it is before this installation that i cannot
> restore to. I will probably restore to factory settings using the acer
> facility now i have everything backed up (Assuming that works) lol.
>
> Thanks again for helping me out, I really appreciate it!

I'm really glad that worked for you. Yes, restoring to factory condition is
probably a good idea since the system isn't really perfect, but at least
you were able to easily back up. Now create and implement a backup
strategy! A Good Thing to do is purchase an external hard drive and Acronis
True Image. After you get your system set up perfectly, image it with TI
and store the image on the external hard drive. TI also does incremental
backups. The advantage is that you can restore your system to working order
the way *you* like it - not the way the computer mftr. set it up - in
minutes rather than many hours.

Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know things are better for
you now.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Frank wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> JEWboy Ass Kicker wrote:
>>>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:h1qpcl$t1a$...
>>>>>> yellow51 wrote:
>>>>>>> System restore is restoring the registry...........for 5 hours
>>>>>>> (and counting!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have vista home premium and i used the windows system restore
>>>>>>> to undo windows updates (which included a rather annoying ie8)
>>>>>>> the initial restore claimed to have failed and i was given the
>>>>>>> option to undo the restore, which i did... to my cost it seems.
>>>>>>> now i can't do anything with the laptop, no keys seem to be
>>>>>>> working and i have even tried to get the task manager up with no
>>>>>>> avail. I'm scared to turn the damn thing off incase i lose
>>>>>>> everything! any ideas?
>>>>>> Yeah, nuke that POS Vista and install a real operating system
>>>>>> where the programs don't interfere with the kernel. I would, of
>>>>>> course, recommend Ubuntu. It's free and comes with access to
>>>>>> thousands of free programs. Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/
>>>>>> You'll never regret it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey you ****TARD - He already has Vista and doesn't need to get
>>>>> that INFERIOR OS Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't run any of his software so
>>>>> Ubuntu is useless. Remember Ubuntu is FREE and still NOBODY wants
>>>>> it. That should tell you all you need to know about that piece of
>>>>> crap OS.
>>>>
>>>> Right on cue, the parrot repeats its FUD. Want a cracker?
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>> You're like a dog with a bone aren't you alias?
>>> You just can't get around your hated (jealousy?) of all things MS.
>>> Is that what has turned you into an MS hating, lying spamming linux
>>> troll?
>>
>> Right on cue, the Frankenmonster spews his lies, insults, profanity
>> and bluster like a good little junk yard dog.
>>
> You can't keep from lying spamming and trolling in this ng can you?
> You're sick, and we all know it.

My goodness, advise the press! Frank just posted without any profanity.
He did lie, though, but he just can't help himself I guess.

Alias