Lew wrote:
>I am having trouble setting restore points in System Restore.....I have no 
>idea what they are talking about. >>


I sometimes think that whoever writes MS error messages lives on a faraway 
planet not inhabited by Humans.

What this message is saying, I think, is that there's too much going on in 
the background. This is a common fault on many computers unless you are 
pretty ruthless with your computer management. Open Task Manager 
(Ctrl/Alt/Del) and see how many applications are running. Chances are, you 
don't need most of them, and you may need to take control of your startups 
by eliminating all non-essential apps from auto startup.

Or maybe there was a scan of some sort going on in the background---some 
a-v software can rather over-intrusive in this regard.

Another possibility is hidden malware activity. Run a full system scan with 
both Malwarebytes and your antivirus software to make sure your system is 
clean. If you don't already have it, I strongly recommend installing the 
free version of Avira antivirus---just keep it as a passive scanner if you 
want, as it covers a much greater range of malware than most dedicated 
antivirus software.

http://www.avira.com/en/download/index.php

I've no idea whether System Restore will work in Safe Mode, but try it and 
see. I see no reason why it shouldn't, unless it requires some services to 
be running that are not essential to the system. It's one of those things 
that I've been meaning to check out, but never got around to it.

Don Penlington

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