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General Computer Support / Re: System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 24, 2013, 12:23:56 am »

I have just found the screen for Creating new user account. It is asking me to create either Standard Account or Administrator a/c. Which one should I do? At the moment I think I currently have an Admin account set up as any programs I install have to be "Run as administrator" so, if I set up a new account, will I be able to delete it again as I do not want to change what I have at present.

Also, before I got your last posting, I did a restore from my last System Image, hoping that the System Restore function was working on that. Alas, not!! The COM+ is still not starting and SR still not working.

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General Computer Support / Re: System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 23, 2013, 02:39:18 pm »

Forgive my ignorance but how do I go about setting up new user (and do I have to delete old user??)
Pls explain what I need to do

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General Computer Support / Re: System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 22, 2013, 11:42:44 pm »

My gut feeling is that it is all down to the COM+ System Application not starting. If I could find a way to get that fixed and started then SR might work....

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General Computer Support / Re: System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 22, 2013, 03:34:58 pm »

Just tried repair install and still System Restore not working. Neither is COM+ Sys App.
Going to get some sleep now and maybe it will magically repair itself overnight!! I wish......

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General Computer Support / Re: System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 22, 2013, 01:03:44 pm »

yep, I did sfc /scannow.  All was OK
I just checked the dependencies of Com+ SA ie.  Remote Procedure Call RPC and System Event notification and they are both showing as Started. I have also tried SR in safe mode - again, no joy.

Fast running out of ideas but don't want to do re-install as you know how long it takes to get your system configured again from scratch!

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General Computer Support / Re: System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 22, 2013, 12:50:03 pm »

Hiya Shane and thank you very much for trying to help me!!
I loaded the reg keys you sent, tried a system restore, but unfortunately no joy. I attach the message I got after the SR attempt. I tried to "Start" the Com+ System application within Services but still won't start. I get the error 1053 message again.

Any other ideas??

Thanx again for assistance so far.

Barry

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General Computer Support / System Restore problem - Windows 7 (yet again!!)

« on: April 21, 2013, 11:55:01 pm »

Hi - I found this forum while wading through thousands of posts on the net by people who, like me, are having problems with System Restore and who cannot fix it.  I am using Windows 7 Ultimate edition.

My problem is that I can make restore points OK and they show up in the list but when I come to do the restore I get the message saying the restore was un-successful.  I have tried every one of the suggestions I have read about doing a restore in Safe Mode, checking on Volume Shadow Copy being started etc etc, tweaking registry - all to no avail.

What I think is possibly the cause (and I am not a tech - just a puzzled user) is that my COM+ System Application will not start and I understand that it is a vital part of SR. I have set it to Automatic (also tried manual as well) but when I try and actually start it from Services, I get the error message 1053 saying "the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" Could this be a reason for SR not working. (BTW, the COM+ Event System seems to be started OK)

So, my question to anyone is - how do I repair this Com+ System Application ?? I am desperately trying to avoid a re install of the whole damn W7 system so any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.