Re: lost connection to internet and can't restore it

On 9/14/09, the entity luvagbesi wrote this:
> I am writing now from a different computer. My computer lost
> connection to the internet. It was working yesterday. I tried to
> restore to restore point but vista won't allow me. It says
> "Restoration Incomplete. Your computer cannot be restored."

> How do I fix this problem?

One cause of the restore problem is Norton Internet Security 2009. It
has a setting to protect itself from being overwritten, but it goes too
far and won't let System Restore work.

If this applies to you, open NIS, choose Computer Settings ->
Miscellaneous, and turn off Product Security Tamper Protection. Turn it
back on after a successful restore.

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

On 9/15/09, the entity luvagbesi wrote this:
> On Sep 14, 11:58 pm, Gene E. Bloch <lett...@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>> On 9/14/09, the entity luvagbesi wrote this:
>>
>>> I am writing now from a different computer. My computer lost
>>> connection to the internet. It was working yesterday. I tried to
>>> restore to restore point but vista won't allow me. It says
>>> "Restoration Incomplete. Your computer cannot be restored."
>>> How do I fix this problem?
>>
>> One cause of the restore problem is Norton Internet Security 2009. It
>> has a setting to protect itself from being overwritten, but it goes too
>> far and won't let System Restore work.
>>
>> If this applies to you, open NIS, choose Computer Settings ->
>> Miscellaneous, and turn off Product Security Tamper Protection. Turn it
>> back on after a successful restore.
>>

> This was the problem. My God! this Norton Internet Security is worse
> than a virus... Thank you Gene E. Bloch.

It's probably really not worse than a virus, but I was very frustrated
until I stumbled across the solution (probably on this newsgroup). And
of course I don't always remember to disable the protection when I'm
trying to do a system restore - until it fails :-)

I am curious about Microsoft's rumored plan to release a security
solution for free - but I'll wait until I read some reviews...

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:05:26 -0700 (PDT), luvagbesi
<> wrote:

>On Sep 14, 11:58 pm, Gene E. Bloch <lett...@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>> On 9/14/09, the entity luvagbesi wrote this:
>>
>> > I am writing now from a different computer. My computer lost
>> > connection to the internet. It was working yesterday. I tried to
>> > restore to restore point but vista won't allow me. It says
>> > "Restoration Incomplete. Your computer cannot be restored."
>> > How do I fix this problem?
>>
>> One cause of the restore problem is Norton Internet Security 2009. It
>> has a setting to protect itself from being overwritten, but it goes too
>> far and won't let System Restore work.
>>
>> If this applies to you, open NIS, choose Computer Settings ->
>> Miscellaneous, and turn off Product Security Tamper Protection. Turn it
>> back on after a successful restore.
>>
>
>This was the problem. My God! this Norton Internet Security is worse
>than a virus... Thank you Gene E. Bloch.

Uninstall Norton. You'll need a tool from the Norton site to do it
completely.

Install Avast A/V. It's free.

On 9/16/09, the entity +Bob+ wrote this:
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:05:26 -0700 (PDT), luvagbesi
> <> wrote:

>> On Sep 14, 11:58 pm, Gene E. Bloch <lett...@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 9/14/09, the entity luvagbesi wrote this:
>>>
>>>> I am writing now from a different computer. My computer lost
>>>> connection to the internet. It was working yesterday. I tried to
>>>> restore to restore point but vista won't allow me. It says
>>>> "Restoration Incomplete. Your computer cannot be restored."
>>>> How do I fix this problem?
>>>
>>> One cause of the restore problem is Norton Internet Security 2009. It
>>> has a setting to protect itself from being overwritten, but it goes too
>>> far and won't let System Restore work.
>>>
>>> If this applies to you, open NIS, choose Computer Settings ->
>>> Miscellaneous, and turn off Product Security Tamper Protection. Turn it
>>> back on after a successful restore.
>>>
>>
>> This was the problem. My God! this Norton Internet Security is worse
>> than a virus... Thank you Gene E. Bloch.

> Uninstall Norton. You'll need a tool from the Norton site to do it
> completely.

Norton NIS 2009 works fine for me, and it's not hard to do the fix
mentioned, only hard to remember in a timely fashion.

It can be annoying on occasion, though.

> Install Avast A/V. It's free.

That's what I do on the old machines beyond Norton's 3-machine license.
On those, I also use Windows Firewall.

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

On 9/16/09, the entity Gene E. Bloch wrote this:
> On 9/16/09, the entity +Bob+ wrote this:
>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:05:26 -0700 (PDT), luvagbesi
>> <> wrote:

>>> On Sep 14, 11:58 pm, Gene E. Bloch <lett...@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 9/14/09, the entity luvagbesi wrote this:
>>>>
>>>>> I am writing now from a different computer. My computer lost
>>>>> connection to the internet. It was working yesterday. I tried to
>>>>> restore to restore point but vista won't allow me. It says
>>>>> "Restoration Incomplete. Your computer cannot be restored."
>>>>> How do I fix this problem?
>>>>
>>>> One cause of the restore problem is Norton Internet Security 2009. It
>>>> has a setting to protect itself from being overwritten, but it goes too
>>>> far and won't let System Restore work.
>>>>
>>>> If this applies to you, open NIS, choose Computer Settings ->
>>>> Miscellaneous, and turn off Product Security Tamper Protection. Turn it
>>>> back on after a successful restore.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This was the problem. My God! this Norton Internet Security is worse
>>> than a virus... Thank you Gene E. Bloch.

>> Uninstall Norton. You'll need a tool from the Norton site to do it
>> completely.

> Norton NIS 2009 works fine for me, and it's not hard to do the fix mentioned,
> only hard to remember in a timely fashion.

> It can be annoying on occasion, though.

By 'it' I meant NIS 2009, not just the product protection thingy.

>> Install Avast A/V. It's free.

> That's what I do on the old machines beyond Norton's 3-machine license. On
> those, I also use Windows Firewall.

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:14:50 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
<> wrote:

>
>Norton NIS 2009 works fine for me, and it's not hard to do the fix
>mentioned, only hard to remember in a timely fashion.
>
>It can be annoying on occasion, though.

To each his own... I consider Norton a pig (as do many others). No
sense in feeding the pig or letting him sit on your hard drive.