how to restore the Personal Address Book

Follow these steps to restore the Personal Address Book

• Go to the control panel (start - setting - control panel)
• Double-click the Mail icon
• Click Show Profiles
• Click the appropriate profile, and then click Properties
• Click Email Accounts
• Click Add a New Directory or Address Book, and then click Next
• Click Additional Address Books, and then click Next
• Click Personal Address Book, and then click Next
• Type the path and the name of the Personal Address Book file that you want to restore, click Apply, and then click OK
• Click Close, and click then OK
  

How to back up Personal Address Books

Your Personal Address Book might contain e-mail addresses and contact information that is not included in an Outlook Address Book or contact list,the Personal Address Book creates a separate file that is stored on your hard disk drive

Follow these steps to how to find your Personal Address Book file

• Click Start, and then click Search
• Type *.pab, and then press ENTER or click Find Now
• Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to copy the .pab file
  

how to import PST file to outlook

This time we talked about how to import PST file to outlook, You can use the backup copy of your PST file to restore your Outlook data if the original PST file is damaged or lost.

Follow these steps to restore, or import

• Copy the backup PST file to the hard disk drive of the computer
• Note - if you receive error message when you try to copy PST file, remove Read-Only attribute, and then copy file to the hard disk
  
• Open Outlook
• On the File menu, click Import And Export
• Click Import from another program or file, and then click Next
• Click Personal Folder File (PST), and then click Next
• Type the path and the name of the PST file that you want to import, and then click Next
• Select the folder that you want to import. To import everything in the PST file, select the top of the hierarchy
• Click Finish
  

how to export PST file from outlook

If you want to back up only important of your Outlook data, you can create a new backup .pst file of only the data that you want to save.for example you want use only important data of PST file, and ignore other less important, You can export only the important folders or contacts

to do this follow these steps

• Open Outlook
• On the File menu, click Import And Export. If the menu item is not available, hover your pointer over the chevrons at the bottom of the menu, and then click Import and Export
• Click Export To File, and then click Next
• Click Personal Folder File (PST) , and then click Next
• Click the folder that you want to export the .pst file to, and then click Next
• Click Browse, and then select the location where you want the new PST file to be saved
• In the File Name box type the name that you want to use for the new PST file, and then click OK
• Click Finish
  

how to activate kaspersky using key file

this one is very much useful, you only need to download the serial key providing your activation code, after downloading you can activate your product using key file, the procedure as follows.

• first go to the https://activation.kaspersky.com
• in here you noticed that there are 3 field to filled by user
• we consider only first one of '' activation code ''
• in here carefully type your activation code
• click next
• in the next area filled the informations as necessary (sometimes it ask's for e-maill address and user location) click next to proceed
• now only left thing is a download a key file, (or you can get it by e-mail)
• after downloading a key, please note that the key is in compressed mode, first you need to uncompress the folder
• now start your product installation, after completion first step, it ask the user to activate the product with a different choices.
• select activate using key file, now specify the key file and proceed with installation.

Note - in kasprsky 2010 (ver 9.0) you noticed that there is no option to activate the product using key file, don't panic, first you need to disconnect your pc from internet, now select ''activate using trial key '' click next (trust me on this) you came end up with error message, close error message and then you will see activate using serial key, now specify the serial key and click activate. enjoy your product...

how to troubleshoot system restore issues

1. First things first, if you see error message that is related to system restore, you need to record the error message, because most error messages that contains a description of the issue and suggestions for how to resolve the issue.
2. Make sure that you have enough disk space on all of the drives on which System Restore is enabled.
3. Make sure that System Restore is enabled on the drives
   
4. Make sure that the System Restore service is running.

you can check the system restore status using following methods.

Check in Control Panel

• Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click "Performance and Maintenance"
• Click Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, and then click Services and Applications
• Click Services, and then click System Restore Services

Check using command prompt

• Click Start, click Run, and then type "CMD" Press ENTER key
• then type''Net Start'' and press enter
  
• the you will see a bunch of list,
  
• in command prompt make sure that the System Restore service is up and running.

Check event viever to investigate System Restore service errors

• Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click "Performance and Maintenance"
• Click Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, double-click Event Viewer, and then click System
• Click the Source tab to sort by name, and then look for "sr" or "srservice
• Double-click each of these services, and then evaluate the event description for any indication of the cause of the problem.
  

how to get missing system restore tab in windows xp

to re-enable system restore through the Group Policy Editor, follow these steps.

• Click start, and click run
• In there type gpedit.msc to open group policy editor
• Go to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / System Restore
• Set Turn off System Restore and Turn off Configuration to Disable
• Right click on My Computer
• Select Manage
• Go to Services and Applications / Services
• Scroll down to System Restore Service
• Set it for Automatic
• Click on the Start button to start the service
• Close the window
• Go back to the Group Policy Editor and configure both to Not configured
• Then right click my computer, click properties
• You will see now there is a system restore tab and you can configure how much space to use for the process.
  

create registry key for system restore (if missing)

this describes how to create registry key for system restore in windows xp.

• go to the registry editor
• go to the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
• then go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORD
  value,
• rename it as '' DisableSR ''
• now set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore
  

how to enable or disable System Restore

enabling and disabling Windows XP's System Restore feature

step 1 - using registry editor.

• go to the registry editor (in run window - type '' regedit '' press enter)
• locate the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
• in the "DisableSR" set the value 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore

to prevent the System Restore service from starting

• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sr
• double-click Start, and set the value to 4 to stop the service from starting or to 0 for normal startup

step 2 - using System Control Panel applet

• go to the control panel
• Start the System Control Panel applet (or right click on my computer, click properties)
• click system restore tab
• then uncheck the "Turn off System Restore on all drives" to enable System Restore, and check to disable System Restore.

delete older restore points while leave the system restore turned on

• go to the my computer
• right click the drive you want to clear, and click properties
• click disk cleanup button
• in the more option, select system restore and click cleanup.
  

start system restore using command prompt

Note - you must have a administrator privilege to perform this task.

To start System Restore using the Command prompt, follow these steps

• start your computer, and then press and hold F8 during the initial startup.
• in the menu, select safe mode with a Command prompt.
• If you prompted to select an operating system, use the arrow keys to select the appropriate operating system and press enter.
• log on as an administrator or with an account that has administrator privilege.
  
• at the command prompt, type %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then press ENTER
• now follow the instruction in screen to restore your computer to a functional state.

important - If you have not previously set a restore point in System Restore, you cannot restore your computer to a previous state