Guest ras Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Hello, I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. If so, how far back is it safe to go. Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a copy of my problems. Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. Any help greatfully appeciated. Regards RAS
Guest Terry R. Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: system restore On 9/19/2007 8:32 AM On a whim, ras pounded out on the keyboard > Hello, > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. > If so, how far back is it safe to go. > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson > help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on > another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a > copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. > Regards > RAS When is the last time you remember it working properly? Use SR to go back just prior to that. I would try the printer on another machine, like Epson recommended (installing the proper drivers and everything). If it works properly there, you know it's your machine, and can then uninstall it from the other test machine. Since the test machine isn't going to use the printer any further than for the test, it won't inherit your problem. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: system restore "ras" <ras@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B066B76F-0242-46C0-89EA-E5336FB919A3@microsoft.com... > Hello, > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. > If so, how far back is it safe to go. > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson > help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on > another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting > a > copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. > Regards > RAS You can go back as far as System Restore has restore points. This simply means that you will lose any updates you have done since (but not your data!). And anyway, you can always undo a restoration if you wish.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: system restore On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:32:02 -0700, ras <ras@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. > If so, how far back is it safe to go. There's no absolute number of days. The problem is that the farther back you go, the more likely it is that you will get the restored registry out of synch with other unrestored files on the drive. Personally I think going back more than a week or two is risky. It's for that reason I recommend lowering the default allocation of 12% of you drive (which is far too much for almost everyone) to whatever amount gives you a dozen or so restore points. All you need for that is 1-2GB at the most. > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson > help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on > another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a > copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. What does "stopped working: mean? Exactly what are the symptoms? If you get an error message, please quote it verbatim. Have you considered the possibility that the printer has physically failed, and needs repair or replacement? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Bert Kinney Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: system restore Hi Ras, Here's one good reason. Any application installed after the restore point you are reverting to may not function. What happens is, System Restore only removes monitored files for the installed applications and the rest are left behind. This can cause the application not to function. And in some cases, can also cause the uninstall and reinstall process of the partially removed application to fail. It is recommended to uninstall any applications that was installed after the restore point you will be restoring to. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org ras wrote: > Hello, > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. > If so, how far back is it safe to go. > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson > help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on > another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a > copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. > Regards > RAS
Guest Harry Ohrn Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: system restore Just revert back to a date prior to the problem emerging. System Restore is intended as a way to bail out of trouble and, if used, it should be used as soon as you see a need for it. I don't use SR as the first means of fixing a problem but I certainly use it when other avenues fail. Harry Ohrn MS MVP [shell\User] "ras" <ras@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B066B76F-0242-46C0-89EA-E5336FB919A3@microsoft.com... > Hello, > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. > If so, how far back is it safe to go. > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson > help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on > another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting > a > copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. > Regards > RAS
Guest Unknown Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: system restore First, attack the problem from the printer side. Have you reinstalled the printer driver? What indication do you get from the printer? What is meant by 'my printer stopped working'? "ras" <ras@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B066B76F-0242-46C0-89EA-E5336FB919A3@microsoft.com... > Hello, > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far. > If so, how far back is it safe to go. > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson > help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on > another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting > a > copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. > Regards > RAS
Guest Poprivet Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: system restore ras wrote: > Hello, > I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to > far. If so, how far back is it safe to go. As far as you want to go and have restore points for. The only issue is that you might "de install" some programs you installed AFTER that point in time and have to put them back by reinstalling, but that's about all. You won't pass on your problems by connecting your printer to another computer. It'll either work or be the same; that's all. You'll also have to install the drivers for it, of course. Have you tried reinstalling your drivers on your machine? How about removing and reinstalling the printer via Device Manager? Pop` > Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to > Eson help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer > out on another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk > inheriting a copy of my problems. > Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working. > Any help greatfully appeciated. > Regards > RAS
Guest ras Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 RE: system restore Thank you all for your advice. I shall try the printer on another PC. If I am successful and the printer works then the problem will be with my PC. Then I shall come back and ask another lot of questions. Until then Thanks again for the help. RAS. UK
Guest ras Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 RE: system restore Hello again. I have recently managed to connect my printer to anothe computer using Vista. The printer works fine on that laptop. I am now left with the assumption that my PC is at fault. I would appreciate any further help to advise me what the next step should be. Thank you RAS
Guest Poprivet Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Re: system restore ras wrote: > Hello again. > I have recently managed to connect my printer to anothe computer > using Vista. > The printer works fine on that laptop. > I am now left with the assumption that my PC is at fault. > I would appreciate any further help to advise me what the next step > should be. > Thank you > RAS Using USB? Parallel port? Serial Port? PS2? what Include some details!
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