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USING SYSTEM RESTORE. The easiest thing you can do to start removing a Virus, Fix the windows Blue Screen or other serious problem, is to do a system restore. This will show you how to do a System Restore to restore your Windows 7 system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal user files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos but any software, hardware, or updates that you have installed after the date of the restore point you pick, will be removed. When a restore point is created, a current copy of these and other important files in Windows 7 are saved and can be restored using System Restore.

Follow these steps for reverting important Windows 7 system files back to a previous state using System Restore:

For more protection, Before you start System Restore, Backup all your files on your PC. Which is designed to help safeguard email, pictures, documents, and other personal files.

1. Click Start--->All Programs--->Accessories--->System Tools--->System Restore.

2. Click on the System Restore program icon

3. Choose the restore point that you want to use.

4. Click Next >

5. Click Finish on the Confirm your restore point window to begin the System Restore.

Note: Windows 7 will shut down to complete the System Restore so be sure to save any work you might have open in other programs before continuing.

Important: System Restore will not revert any of your non-system files like documents, email, music, etc. to a previous state. These types files are completely unaffected by System Restore. If your intention with this tool was to recover a deleted non-system file, try using a file recovery program instead of System Restore.

6. Click Yes to the Once started, System Restore cannot be interrupted. Do you want to continue? dialog box.

7. System Restore will now restore Windows 7 to the state that was recorded in the restore point you chose in Step 4.

Note: The System Restore process could take several minutes as you see the "Please wait while your Windows files and settings are being restored" message. Your computer will then reboot as normal when complete.

8. Immediately after logging in to Windows 7 after the reboot, you should see a message that System Restore completed successfully.

9. Click Close.

10.  Check to see if whatever Windows 7 problem you were troubleshooting has been corrected by this System Restore.

If the problem still persists, you can repeat the steps above and choose another restore point if one is available.

If this restoration caused a problem, you can always undoing this particular System Restore. 

1. Click Start--->All Programs--->Accessories--->System Tools--->System Restore.

2. select Undo System Restore , and then click Next .

3. Confirm you have selected the right date and time, and then click Finish .

4. Click Yes in the confirmation message that displays.

5. The computer should shut down and turn back on automatically after the undo restore operation completes. The success message appears.

6. Click Close . The restore operation has been undone.