System Restore Does not make changes

[DonWilliams]

I tried to restore my system 4 times.

Each time after the restore process completes, I get a message saying no changes were made. I thought that if there had been no system changes made this might be the way the restore would act so I tried a restore that was to a point before I loaded some software. I got the same message and the software is still accessable.

Can anyone help please?

THX

 

[bcastner]

System Restore monitors the registry and key system (Windows system) files, and is not anywhere close to a complete system reversion utility.

It is likely the software you installed did not make monitored changes to the registry or system files.

Consider, as one example of a complete system reversion system, the Symantec (formerly Roxio) GoBack utility. You can find fairly easily copies of SystemWorks 2003 for around US $7-$9 on ebay and the internet that includes GoBack.