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Turn Off Computer, Driver Rollback, System Restore

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■ Turn Off Computer: When you turn off the computer and then turn it on again, you force the PC to copy the operating system into its memory and to clear some tracking information. This may eliminate some problems that can remain after performing a Restart. Refer to "Turning Off the PC" on page 41. ■ Driver Rollback: This Microsoft Windows XP feature is part of the Windows Installer program used with the Add or Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel. It can revert to the previous version of a driver program if an installation fails when you are installing a new version of the driver program. For more information, type Rollback into the Search box in Help and Support. ■ System Restore: This Microsoft Windows XP feature creates a restore point where it records the PC settings at that time and date. You can later return the PC to the settings recorded at the restore point. You can create a specific restore point, or have the operating system create a restore point. For example, when you use Add Programs to add a software program, the operating system automatically creates a restore point before it adds the software. Use System Restore to return the PC to the settings the PC had before you installed the program. For more information, type System Restore into the Search box in Help and Support. 96 HP Pavilion home PC

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HP Pavilion home PC
■
Turn Off Computer:
When you turn off the
computer and then turn it on again, you force
the PC to copy the operating system into its
memory and to clear some tracking
information. This may eliminate some problems
that can remain after performing a Restart.
Refer to “Turning Off the PC” on page 41.
■
Driver Rollback:
This Microsoft
Windows XP feature is part of the Windows
Installer program used with the
Add or
Remove Programs
utility in the Control Panel.
It can revert to the previous version of a driver
program if an installation fails when you are
installing a new version of the driver program.
For more information, type
Rollback
into the
Search box in Help and Support.
■
System Restore:
This Microsoft
Windows XP feature creates a restore point
where it records the PC settings at that time
and date. You can later return the PC to the
settings recorded at the restore point. You can
create a specific restore point, or have the
operating system create a restore point. For
example, when you use
Add Programs
to add
a software program, the operating system
automatically creates a restore point before it
adds the software. Use System Restore to
return the PC to the settings the PC had before
you installed the program. For more
information, type
System Restore
into the
Search box in Help and Support.