system-restore

Creating System Restore Points - Thoughts?

Is it "taboo" to programatically create system restore points? I would be doing this before I perform a software update. If there is a better method to create a restore point with just my software's files and data, please let me know. I would like a means by which I can get the user back to a known working state if everything goes kap...

Is there a way to save restore points to a CD or DVD?

Restore Points in Windows has helped me quite many times when needed. I know there is no straight way to do this but is there ANY way in Windows to write those restore points to a media like CD or DVD? ...

How to REINSTALL Java 6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

OK, I am idiot and messed with my Java install trying to get Resin to work. Now, things are broken. I figured I could just reinstall the developer tools that came with my new Mac (brand new 13" MacBook Pro) and that would take care of it. Alas, I was wrong. Snow Leopard comes with Java 6 JRE and JDK but as far as I can tell YOU CANNOT ...

How to enumerate system restore points using WinAPI (not WMI)?

Must work for WinXp - Vista - Windows 7 ...

How relevant to create System restore point for various software dependency and run check?

Hi, I kept only one dedicated PC for testing several DotNet and other applications. If I install one application along with the prerequisites like dotnet, MSI, DirectX, some drievrs etc. I cant make it sure that the next application installation is correcly done. Results can be seen when deployed application does not run successfully on...