When conducting maintenance on your computer, removing programs, or doing something more advanced like editing your computer’s registry, you should back up your computer. An alternative to backing up your computer is creating a system restore point. A system restore point is a feature in Windows XP that can allow you to revert your system back to an earlier state. So if you make a change to your computer that is not desired, you can go back to the setting you had before you starting making changes.

To create a system restore point:

1. Click Start

2. Highlight the Programs tab with your cursor

3. Highlight the Accessories tab with your cursor

4. Highlight the System Tools tab with your cursor

5. Click on System Restore – This click will open the System Restore Welcome screen

6. On the Welcome screen, click Create a Restore Point

7. On the Create a Restore Point page, enter a name for your restore point

8. Click Create

Once your System Restore is created, you can make changes to your system. If anything does not go as planned, you can take away all the changes by selecting the system restore point you just created.

To select the system restore point, just follow the same path you took to create it but on the Welcome screen, click Restore My Computer To An Earlier Time. On the next screen, you will be able to select the restore point you created.

By creating a system restore point, you can safeguard any problems that may occur when making changes to your computer.

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