What does Windows System Restore exactly back up and restore?
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Mar 15, 202625077 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I just had to do a system restore on a Windows XP machine infected by some malware or virus. Among other things, the virus had hidden all files and folders on all drives, removed all shortcuts in the start menu, and somehow blanked and locked the desktop. After fixing some things manually (but not …
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Restored: Registry (note: some current values will persist) Profiles (local only—roaming user profiles not impacted by restore) COM+ DB WFP.dll cache WMI DB IIS Metabase Files with extensions listed in the Monitored File Extensions list Not Restored…
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