If I thought my computer was doing some 'weird' things and wanted to do a System Restore but the date I wanted to use listed a 'System Image' that it couldn't find because I thought I was being smart putting these supposed images in their own monthly folders when I did a backup -- how do I choose just one good image? Note the utter frustration? I very RARELY get upset over such things, but I'm aggravated at this point. If I made a new backup and image right now and left them alone right where the computer puts them, would I be making bad copies of what I thought was going wrong on the computer in the first place? Like if I had a virus, wouldn't THAT be copied too? This nightmare all started over a simple thing like my screen saver not working and it's lead me to think that I was a restore point away from magically traveling back to a place and time where I knew the screen saver was working, but every point I used kept being refused stating that something went wrong and to try another date until I went back to System Image Restore Points and, well, now you know what happened next because when I went to retrieve them, each one wanted to remove the previous one and/or replace it with a different one. How am I supposed to know what's 'good' and what's not? After much research I discovered that Windows would have naturally replaced previous versions or parts of them that had changed and automatically updated what was needed. All this over a stupid screen saver (and yes, I've tried other Win 7 screen savers, but none of them worked). Now I'm REALLY worried over slow connections and streaming videos doing the 'herky jerky', as my husband puts it. None of this should be happening on a computer I just bought a few months back, right? Is it time to call the store where I got it and let them give it to their geeks (no offense -- I love ALL my geeks) or can I salvage anything with all the stupid mistakes I made that may have caused myself even more headaches? Man, the thought of going all the way back to 'factory condition' makes my skin crawl.
As always, thanks in advance for any help you can provide. BTW, I wasn't even able to sign in here. I had to use my Facebook signin info. Have you guys updated your site recently? I never had a problem signing in with my old computer or the new one, so it was a shock to me. It said I was signed in AND it said 'thank you' like it always did, but then it simply reverted back to the same forum page with no log in privileges. Once I was in, I couldn't use anything different on the text editor either even though it displayed the 'hand' cursor vs. the regular arrow as I passed over things. It was weird but, like I said, my computer's been acting more than a little weird itself these days. Anyway, thanks......
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