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 ...

System Restore is a long-standing feature on Windows 11. Its purpose is to create snapshots of the computer's current working state and save them as "restore points" when specific events are triggered ...

I’m not answering a reader’s question here. I just felt that these basic instructions needed to be somewhere easy to find. Windows’ built-in system backup program, System Restore, allows you to revert ...

There are some situations where you might want to temporarily disable Windows' built-in security tool. I'll show you how to do it safely.

Even with Windows 11, a lot can go wrong with your computer whenever you install new software or drivers, change your settings, and especially if you make tweaks to the registry. This is why you ...

System Restore Points contain the necessary information needed to restore your system to the chosen state. Restore points are automatically generated when you install a new app, driver, or Windows ...

There's one immutable law of PCs: sh*t happens. And when it does, there's usually a way to fix things, if you had the foresight to create one essential recovery tool first. Booting from a USB recovery ...

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 ...