I can't restore my computer back to an earlier date!! ive tried many times, and it wont work! HELP?

I would suggest finding a spyware killer on the internet but be careful because some spyware programs that are advertised that are not known usually have spyware in them so find a good one. Also if you have a windows CD try repairing your computer with it or that all depends on your type of windows though. I suggest backing up important data to a CD just in case things get ugly.

what you prob have done in the past ,took off all the old restore points and theres nothing left there as far as dates are concerned .....last time you ran your spyware and last time you ran your virus scan ,did this help any ...mcafee is a good virus scan and spyware protection. i use it here on both of our computors ,from aol .....if you can go back to a restore point ,the only thing i can advise is redownload windows all over again and start from the very begining,chock it up to experience...

my computer restore is not working i dont know why pls help me

Try booting into Safe Mode and doing the System Restore from there. Save your documents to CD or flash drive/external hard drive, so if you do end up reformatting your computer your documents will be safe (put antivirus and antispyware software on it after reinstalling Windows and scan your documents in case any are infected. Download the following five programs: 1) CCleaner <www.ccleaner.com> does an excellent job cleaning up temporary internet files, cookies, temp files, recycle bin, and prefetch folder. 2) If you don't have an antivirus program, EITHER AVG <free.grisoft.com> and Avast <avast4home.com> -- only install ONE. 3) Hitman Pro <www.hitmanpro.com> will let you automatically install, update, and run in Safe Mode many of the best free and free-to-try antispyware programs all with one click, including Spybot Search & Destroy, Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE, SpywareBlaster, Ewido, and free trials of Webroot Spysweeper and PCTools SpywareDoctor. The free version of Spybot Search & Destroy allows autoupdates, but Hitman Pro helps in keeping the others up to date with one click. 4) Winsockfix <>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html> which is used to fix your internet connectivity if cleaning up malware breaks your internet connection. 5) Hijackthis <www.merijn.org> which catalogs the places programs (both legitimate and malicious) are usually found, so that an expert can tell you if there's anything nasty remaining. First, run CCleaner to clean out temporary files. In the Advanced section only check off "Old Prefetch data". Then click on Issues and scan for issues. Have it fix them all and make backups in case something gets erased that shouldn't (although I've never had problems with CCleaner's issue fixes). Then Scan for issues again until you get "No issues found". Then click on Tools and uninstall programs you don't want, and while in Tools click on Startup to remove things you don't want starting automatically. If you're unsure what you need to keep you can google for advice or email me with your questions. Then update your antivirus program and then reboot into Safe Mode to run a full scan, then reboot after cleaning up what it found. Then run Hitman Pro with the Safe Mode box checked. Reboot after cleaning up what it found. Now run Hijackthis with the "Scan and Save Logfile" button, and email me the hijackthis.log, and I can advise you if there's any malware still there. If your internet connection isn't working after removing malware, run Winsockfix. When you're all done and know everything is working, you can disable System Restore, reboot, and then re-enable it. I also periodically run a rootkit detector; AVG, Sophos, and F-Secure all have free ones.

Do you have any anti spyware software? The best one hat I have used is Counterspy. It can be downloaded from http://download.com You have 10 days to use it as it is a trial. I think this will help a multitude of problems on your computer.

first click on my computer choose properties then on system restore make sure system restore is checked then shut down then 1- click start at bottom of screen 2 - then click choose all programs 3 - then click pc help tools or could be in accessory's 4 - then click on system restore 5 - then click on restore to an earlier date or factory settings 6 - choose a date when it was working - or factory settings 7 - let it run it may take a while - follow directions - if any 8 - restart THEN CHECK STATUS choose destructive recovery as last resort you will have to look hard to find this option i don"t know your computers options etc you may be able to use f 11 command as you are restating computer BUT that's what it took to restore mine to get settings i wanted etc BACK UP IMPORTANT THINGS TO CD NO MATTER WHAT OPTION(S) YOU CHOOSE after restore you need to make sure you have all windows updates AUTOMATIC UPDATES FIREWALL ETC go to start (in the blue bar) control panel security center set up options to do a manual check go here http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us

you need a spy ware remover, also go into your add and remove programs and remove a [program that you recently installed,you need a good firewall and a virus remover like Norton's.

Reboot and keep pressing F8 untill you get the option to start in safe mode scan with anti virus,spyware and malware scanners.remove any bugs you find. then creat a new restore point. If you are using Nortons read attached page re system restore http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantec_doc_1.html Flakes

Well could tell us what the error message is? And if its infested it might be the spyware blocking it. Try downloading some free anti-spyware programs like Ad-Aware, Spybot: Search and Destroy, go to www.download.com for others. Run them in Safe mode. See if you can after doing all that. Another possibility is that you might have System Restore off. To check that, Right Click My Computer and go to properties, then System restore.