46erjoe <somebody@spamless.net> hath wroth:

>If my laptop wireless network settings go haywire, and I know a
>day/time when everything was working fine, can I use WinXP's system
>restore to go back to that point in time so that everything is working
>properly again?

Yes, but I wouldn't do it. It's highly likely that it will happen
again. Rolling back Windoze Restore is a bit of a heavy hammer for
fixing minor problems. Methinks it's best to determine the cause of
the problem and learn how to fix it.

>Or do these settings, even if they are incorrect, get
>set as soon as Windows starts up, so that no matter how many times or
>to whatever date I restore, the incorrect settings will still be in
>effect?

The setttings will be restored. However, there are other things that
affect wireless connectivity that will not be restored, such as the
DHCP cache and DNS cache.

Incidentally, for backing up and restoring just the registry, and not
all the DLL's, system executeables, and updates, I use ERUNT:
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
Even this I would advise against as you will probably make a mess with
this or System Restore if you're not careful.


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