to boot up with settings of 1 week prior. I have heard that when a computer's software (XP) craps out and starts acting funny, you can go into the command window and type code to re-boot the computer with the settings it had days or weeks prior. Basically tricking the software into thinking the bug never happened. How is this done? Don't want to reformat if I don't have to.

10/24/2007 10:45:08 AM

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"Major : Electrical Engineering "

really?

you might be thinking of system restore. - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

10/24/2007 10:56:45 AM

thanks.

I can design you a large electrical system riser but computers...been out of the loop for a bit.

10/24/2007 12:20:38 PM

Reminds me of a friend of mine, graduated with an EE degree but had never heard of SQL..

10/24/2007 12:25:46 PM

^^ yeah its two different sides of the house i guess. gl, let us know if you have any problems.

10/24/2007 1:18:11 PM

do a system restore, that should help you out.

if that doesn't work, try resetting CMOS.

if that doesn't work, backup your files you want to keep, then reset your comp to factory settings (use this as a last resort). there are other things you can probably try, but these are the first couple ideas that came to mind.

10/24/2007 1:53:23 PM

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"Reminds me of a friend of mine, graduated with an EE degree but had never heard of SQL.."

why the hell would an EE be expected to have heard of SQL? You tech-support IT monkeys really crack me up sometimes

10/24/2007 2:44:52 PM