Comments on: System Restore Analyzer http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:13:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228387 Martin Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:34:41 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228387 Sure I can do that ;) Sure I can do that ;)

]]> By: Ace_NoOne http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228385 Ace_NoOne Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:25:34 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228385 Thanks for the tip, Martin. I thought <a href="http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner" rel="nofollow">RivaTuner</a> was only for NVIDIA GPUs (I have an ATI Radeon X1900 XT) - but apparently that's not true (anymore). I just installed it, but I'm not sure what to tweak - so how about a blog posting on this topic... ?! ;) Thanks for the tip, Martin.
I thought RivaTuner was only for NVIDIA GPUs (I have an ATI Radeon X1900 XT) – but apparently that’s not true (anymore).

I just installed it, but I’m not sure what to tweak – so how about a blog posting on this topic… ?! ;)

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228382 Martin Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:12:38 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228382 As a side note. I use Rivatuner to reduce the fan speed which means that I do not hear my graphics card in 2D. As a side note. I use Rivatuner to reduce the fan speed which means that I do not hear my graphics card in 2D.

]]> By: Ace_NoOne http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228379 Ace_NoOne Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:09:47 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/31/system-restore-analyzer/#comment-228379 Interesting - I'll certainly take a look at that, But I'm generally not a big fan of Windows' System Restore - in fact, I've deactivated it by default. That's because I somehow don't trust it to properly restore the system without any non-obvious flaws/leftovers/artifacts (which I admit is a bit paranoid). However, the other day a friend came by to check his graphics card, which he thought was broken, in my PC. I wisely activated System Restore and created a Restore Point beforehand, as I was afraid the new graphics card might mess with my settings - which indeed it did. So after checking that device for errors*, I used System Restore to revert to that previous point, and it worked like a charm! Bottom line: System Restore is much more useful/reliable than I thought. * it worked fine on my PC, by the way - so apparently the errors were caused by dust blocking the cooler; lesson learned (now my own, newly clean graphics card is less noisy as well) Interesting – I’ll certainly take a look at that,

But I’m generally not a big fan of Windows’ System Restore – in fact, I’ve deactivated it by default. That’s because I somehow don’t trust it to properly restore the system without any non-obvious flaws/leftovers/artifacts (which I admit is a bit paranoid).

However, the other day a friend came by to check his graphics card, which he thought was broken, in my PC. I wisely activated System Restore and created a Restore Point beforehand, as I was afraid the new graphics card might mess with my settings – which indeed it did.
So after checking that device for errors*, I used System Restore to revert to that previous point, and it worked like a charm!
Bottom line: System Restore is much more useful/reliable than I thought.

* it worked fine on my PC, by the way – so apparently the errors were caused by dust blocking the cooler; lesson learned (now my own, newly clean graphics card is less noisy as well)

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