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

turn on hibernation in windows xp

normally hibernation is active and you can find hibernation tab in power option (in control panel) in there you can enable and disable this feature, but the tab only appears if the hibernation facility is enabled.you can turn on or turn off this feature using following commands.

• first go to the command prompt
• to turn on hibernation type this command powercfg.exe /H ON and press enter
  
• to turn off hibernation use this command powercfg.exe /H OFF and press enter
  

Office 2007 encountered an error during installation

when you using windows xp, you might want to install office 2007, but how many times your office 2007 installation has been roll backed, displaying series error message looks like below.

"Microsoft Office 2007 encountered an error during setup. The Windows Installer service cannot update one or more protected Windows files"

you know there is a solution for you, this one is a quick method and results are guaranteed.please do as follows.

• first insert your windows installation CD to CD-ROM
  
• go to the I386 folder and locate the Cab file named FP40EXT.CAB
• copy the cab file to the hard disk
• now extract the cab file
• in the extracted folder find the fp4autl.dll file
• now copy this file to the following location
• C:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\40\bin\
• that's it, now restart your office 2007 installation.
  

restoring data by using the restore wizard

1. select start - programs - accessories - system tools - backup
2. in the backup dialog box, click the restore wizard button
3. the restore wizard starts, click next
4. in the what to restore screen, select the check boxes next to the drives, files, or folders you want to restore. click next.
   

scheduling a backup

1. select start - programs - accessories - system tools - backup
2. in the backup dialog box, click schedule jobs tab
3. the schedule jobs tab appears, notice that no jobs appear yet on the schedule. if you have already schedule jobs, you can view them on this schedule. to add a job to the schedule, click add job
4. the backup wizard starts. follow the instructions presented on screen to schedule one or more periodic backups.
5. once you have schedule one or more backups, these jobs appear on the schedule jobs tab, close backup.