From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 13 Mar 2013, Java Jive  wrote in   
   alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   > Therefore, it is clear that he has found a System Restore   
   > interface, but doesn't say how.   
      
   Nor are we likely to find out how. This particular poster always asks   
   vague questions, never provides enough information to answer, never   
   provides answers to direct questions, and never follows advice offered.   
   It seems to be a game he plays.   
      
   > However, it seems reasonable to   
   > assume that this was most probably by choosing System in Control   
   > Panel, or right-clicking My Computer and choosing Properties, and   
   > either way then clicking the System Restore tab.   
      
   Yes, that's a good assumption. You cannot create or restore Restore   
   Points from there in Windows XP.   
      
   > The next point of confusion, and where I and possibly the OP was   
   > mistaken, is that in later versions of Windows, such as 7, the   
   > above IS actually where you manage restore points, etc, and   
   > therefore I, and perhaps he, assumed this was intended to be the   
   > same in XP, whereas in fact one needs to run the app indicated.   
      
   Since this is a Windows XP newsgroup, you made a bad assumption   
   thinking the question was about Windows 7 or that the interface is the   
   same as XPs.   
      
   > The next point of confusion, at least for me, was that this PC,   
   > being a much customised upgrade from W2k, didn't actually have the   
   > link in the System Tools menu  -  I presume it must have been   
   > accidentally deleted somehow, I've now restored it.  Having no   
   > other XP PCs to hand to compare with  -  I've since borrowed one   
   > which showed me my error - I was led to assume that the OP was   
   > probably in a similar situation, and that perhaps the advice   
   > previously given referred to some particular OEM build.   
      
   Another bad assumption. The OP made no indication (not that he ever   
   would) that he was using an OEM version of Windows. I doubt that would   
   make any difference anyway. As far as I can remember, OEMs don't change   
   that particular menu.   
      
   >> The cited article tells him where to find it, specifically,   
   >> "Navigate to the Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools   
   >> program group and choose System Restore."   
   >> Brings up the same thing as your command line.   
   >   
   > Which is to be expected as it turns out the link points to the   
   > command-line program.   
      
   Of course. So, why are you disputing it?   
      
   >> If any functionality were   
   >> missing when he navigated to it from the menu, it would also be   
   >> missing when he invoked it with your command line.   
   >   
   > No.  If you follow the path given above, you come across what   
   > appears to be the way to manage System Restore, and indeed in   
   > later versions of Windows is, but in XP isn't.   
      
   What??? If you follow the path given above, the one cited in the   
   article, It brings up the window to manage (create and restore from)   
   Restore Points. It most certainly DOES exist in Windows XP. I don't   
   understand what you're disputing here.   
      
   > So we were both wrong on some points, and both right on others.   
      
   This is really not such a big deal as it sounds like I'm making it, but   
   I have to say that I wasn't wrong on any of my points.   
      
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