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Article #2158Re: Expert Help - System Restore
From: Mike Collins
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:37
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:37
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Hay Bruce, thanks for your pointers. As it happens, System Restore works by activating a file system driver which monitors changes to the OS. So by disabling and stopping System Restore, you / it destroys all its restore points. As for the kids protection, its done and dusted - see thinkgeek.com in the next few months. Regards Mike "Bruce Larrabee" <bruce_l@westbrookent.com> wrote in message news:4621085d$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > > Hi Mike, > > I'm confused. If you leave ANY restore points > that exist previous to your installation won't > the kids be able to bypass your program? Pretty > sure you will have to remove them all... > > So if I'm right you will have to remove them all > and the system will create one when you install so > have the first run of your program take out the one > that the system does during your install... > > Of course this is fraught with peril, but what else > can you do? > > BTW, if you can ever secure such a program from > the kids I would be quite amazed. I suspect the CIA > will be interested as well... B) > > HTH, > > Bruce
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