I'm trying to restore Vista OS to the factory settings and it requires a password that I never created.

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• Clueless users accidentally restore their machines to the factory settings. How is that possible?

  I had one up to four cases where users have restored their machines to the factory settings. These users know nothing about computers and appear to be shocked as much as me on the fact that it has been restored. By default, all windows restore features are disabled by group policy which covers everyone. This means that they are using the Dell restore feature on their machines and unknowingly restore their systems. It only happens on newer Dell computers that we began to receive that comes with Windows 7.

  The last of them was the straw that broke the camels back. She said she kept tripping his power strip that caused here system constantly crash. I don't know who got the windows of catering for here to push blindly. She does not deny that she does nothing wrong and now trying to blame us (IT Dept) for the system being reset.

  Is it possible that the System Restore automatically after constant incidents or the user must press a button to get there? Questions that you need to restore, I see that there may be a restoration to a simple pressure to default settings. Or am I wrong?

  I found as follows to disable the system restore feature Dell and will apply to all new machines. I searched for examples of what happens to others but have not turned to the top of any "accidental restores.

  wesodo,

  System Restore should not be the problem, something has caused the shutdown of the system. Try to run full diagnostics, press F12 on startup and report to the back of any error message.

  Since you are the it Department, maybe delete the original image, given that you should have drives for the operating system for each system. If no disk were made, the attempt to read...

  Windows 7 - IMPORTANT Windows 7 to create backup discs

  I guess that when the system crashed, he triggered the problem with starting the system. The person should have come to you at this moment there, but didn't. Then they tried to startup repair, when they were invited, then it did not work, then, you are prompted to restore the original image system. If the original image is deleted, then they will have to come to you for help.

  Rick

• I have an acer aspire 3690 and I am trying to restore windows xp to its factory settings how to do that

  I have an acer aspire 3690 I am trying to restore to factory settings and is only let me go back to a certain date all I want on that, that's what org. came on the computer and the internet I do not have any disk

  Page 28 of the manual of your system describes how use the built in Acer eRecovery Management software to restore your system to factory settings.

  Doing so will scan all your personal data and when you did, I think you need to configure your Internet connection again since the factory settings are unlikely to know everything about your current installation of Internet.

  If you experience a problem with your system, I think I would fix rather whatever is the problem, but here's what Acer has to say about it:

  The manual is here:

  http://support.Acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?modelId=5

  This article reads as follows:

  Recovery and restore features allow to restore or restore the system
  a factory default image, leave a user created image or previously
  created backups of CD and DVD. You can also reinstall applications and drivers for your Acer system.

  1. press on + or select Acer eRecovery Management of the
  From Empowering Technology toolbar to start Acer eRecovery Management.

  2. position yourself in the restoration and recovery page by selecting the button restore.

  3. Select the point of backup you want to restore from. You can also
  choose to restore the system from a factory, to retrieve a default image
  already created CD/DVD or reinstall applications and drivers.

  4. follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

• I restored my laptop to its factory settings, but now it's slower that ever - why is this?

  I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2.

  It started 2 weeks ago - I had the legendary 'Black Screen of Death"and advises him to restore my laptop to its factory settings (all my documents etc are saved on an external hard drive). After the restoration, this is when the problems started. My computer is very slow. I know that's not the internet, I tried my sister's cell phone and the internet works fine.

  scanning using the preforms

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/

  http://www.systweak.com/AntiSpyware/

  http://www.free-AV.com/en/download/index.html

  or Avast

  Make sure your system is clean first. use ccleaner to get rid of junkfiles http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

  preform disk cleanup and defragmentation in order to improve the performance of your system.

  do not use unistall programs u.

  Make sure your windows is uptodate and drivers work correctly and that they are as uptodate.

  Use http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html to protect your pc against spyware, adware etc and keep it uptodate then use firefox as your browser

  only use the block announcement more, no script and WOT for safer web browsing for firefox.

  go to msconfig (type in the search box in startmenu then press enter) then prepare your computer to clean boot by disabling all startup items and any of the services of windows, and then restart your computer. See if it makes a difference? If she did then you should know which ones caused to slow down your pc.

  minimize your startup programs hollow msconfig (type in there search box in Start menu, and then press enter)

  try to check your drive for errors and also run the SFC (sfc) system through cmd (run cmd as administrator, and then type sfc/scannow)

• Restored my HP Pavilion to factory settings and now when I turn on the computer starts a recovery to start, then he can't find something wrong and want to do a system restore

  I have a HP Pavilion with Windows Vista.  Friday night, I restored the computer to the factory settings.  After doing what he started back to the top as usual and was very good.  I shut down my computer Friday night and then Saturday morning, when I turned on the computer screen to start Recovery came and when throught he process of trying to find errors and found nothing and then gave me a message at each stop or do a system restore.   Does anyone know why it would start this resumption of start after that I just restored it?   I'm ideas... Please help.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/contacthp?LC=en&DLC=en&cc=au

  You restored your computer for some reason any.

  And now you have problems after using the HP recovery process.
  It seems to me that you might have another problem inyour computer.

  Problem with HP Recovery Process(during or after), contact HP.

  It's Recovery process HP, not Microsoft.

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Safari crashes whenever I try to enter an address. Update, I tried all the different patches I've seen outside the reset to the factory settings and nothing works. Any help?

  SO, until this morning on my ipad safari worked well. I just tried then, serious in my address bar, type and the app instantly crashed. It happened repeatedly, any fixes I tried. Is this just a problem with the update, or should I take my iPad to the Genius bar and see what they say?

  I got exactly the same problem this morning. This has affected my iPad 2 and iPhone 5 s, both running on IOS 9.2.1

  No solution so far. I restore the iPad from the back to the top at the moment, but I am not optimistic. Will update when it's over.

• Had to restore my PC to the original settings and now I am unable to install additional MS updates.

  ORIGINAL TITLE: Service pack edition

  Had to restore my PC to original - XP Pro version 2002, SP2 settings - and now I am unable to install additional MS updates.  Mr. Fix - it will not work with SP2, windows update is turned on but does not work. What can I do to install the latest service packs?

  Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950717>

  For Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation procedure

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/875364>

  UTC/GMT is 12:17 Friday, June 29, 2012

• How do I get my Toshiba Satellite (Windows Vista) back to the factory settings?

  I need to wipe my computor because I'm selling it and want to make sure that all information is deleted until I do. However, I don't know how to do this. It's a Toshiba Satellite L300-1AQ opertating with Windows Vista.

  I need to wipe my computor because I'm selling it and want to make sure that all information is deleted until I do. However, I don't know how to do this. It's a Toshiba Satellite L300-1AQ opertating with Windows Vista.

  This tutorial apply to you?

  Toshiba laptop - reset to factory settings
  http://en.kioskea.NET/FAQ/4811-Toshiba-laptop-reset-to-factory-settings For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• Is it possible to back up and restore a U300s to the factory settings?

  I decided to buy a U300s. Since it is not an optical drive and therefore does not come with any installation media, I'm a bit confused how I could backup the drive so I can later restore to the default settings.

  Is there a way to copy the content of the internal on a USB to allow SSD to boot on the USB key? Is it possible to restore the SSD in the exact state wherever it was when it left the factory?

  A little more detail...

  I plan to install Linux on the U300s and didn't want to dual boot Windows. So I'll be reformatting and using the entire disk for Linux. However, there are a few rare times where I might need to start Windows (for example BIOS update Setup). Preferably, I would like to have a USB collecting dust somewhere that I could start in these rare cases.

  I wonder if something like this might work:

  1. Start a new U300s with a live Linux USB flash drive
  2. Use the dd to clone the SSD on a portable USB drive
  3. Install Linux
  4. Start Windows from the USB drive cloned as needed

  Would this be something like this work? I prefer to do all this Linux because I have very little experience with Windows (I can barely do anything), but use Linux for 15 years and more.

  Using the software onekey recovery start in windows, there is an option to save an image of the disc on a DVD external U300s of origin. It's tedious, but you can use a virtual DVD drive to achieve. I found a free and set the size of disk backup 8 GB or something, then ran the backup saying onekey recovery backup on the external virtual drive.

  Take a look at this and previous pages of the forum to get info on how todo it.

  Worked a charm

  Only problem now I guess that could recover from that backup, because it's too much to be burned onto a single DVD. Some combo of virtual disks again and maybe an external USB drive.

  Let us know how the installation of Linux.

• I have an Aspire 571 V3 that I thought that I was restoring the factory settings and save my files for

  Hi everyone, I hope that there is someone out there who can help me. I have an Aspire 571 V3 that I picked up at the factory settings, or so I thought. After all the files had been cleared and the system recovered it restarted and displayed a black screen with 'the installation program starts services' and a flashing light below are progressing. It has been that way for hours eight (8). is this normal or should I worry? In its current form, I have no control on the machine on the touch pad or mouse. I have provided with Currys computer recovery discs, but they are not to be recognized.

  Kalimera

  8 hours is a little too, you can try to stop it and repair the resumption of the process.

  do a long press on the power button to stop it

  at the next startup, press Alt + F10, and then check if you are able to start the Acer recovery process

  If it isn't

  Enter the BIOS by pressing F2 at startup

  enable F12 boot menu if not already enabled

  Save and exit

  put your first recovery disk on your laptop

  stop your laptop making the long press the power button / stop

  at the next startup, press F12, and then on the startup list select DVD/CD player

• How do I restore the factory settings without recovery disks

  I'm trying to restore my laptop to its factory settings but I don't have the cd to do it with.
  I have bin told I can do using bios by pressing f8 at the boot screen.

  I did it and taken to system restore settings, but I can't find any option to reset to the factory settings.
  The options I see won't let me restore to factory settings.

  Can anyone help?

  Hello

  When you start your notebook F8 repeatedly press. You enter the Advanced startup options. If you n t change anything on preinstalled HDD (delete the second partition, change the structure or installed other OS partitions), you will see option to fix my computer.

  When you start this option, you enter The System Recovery Options. Last option, there are Toshiba Recovery option.

  When you choose this procedure of recovery option should start and you should just follow the menu on the screen.
  All that s!

• My computer was not restart and I did a restore of the factory system, and it would not load the new screen?

  My computer has been restarted not and I have to click the button 3 or 4 times just so he can work. I use it for school so I really need to work and so I did the system back restore to the factory settings and it did again when the screen would not load but now it works. I left it only after I did 8 hours? that is the problem or do I do it again? I mean restoration?

  Hello

  I suggest you to follow these steps and check if that helps:

  Method 1:
  Start the computer in safe mode and check if you can doot:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

  Method 2:
  Try to perform the verification and startup repair if it helps:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/startup-repair-frequently-asked-questions

  It will be useful.

• Last update, iOS 9.2, eliminated the function "search" in the email, I used massively.  Tried to restore to a previous backup, 15/2, and 'research' does not return, always shows iOS 9.2 in my settings.  How do I return search function?

  The last update, iOS for iPad mini 4, 12.7 9.2 GB of capacity, has eliminated the search function in the email, I used very strongly.  Tried to restore to a previous backup, 15/2, and 'research' don't come back and always shows iOS 9.2 in my settings.  Yesterday, a new useful feature appeared, an entry 'return to mail' at the top left of the screen (Safari, at least), which now also seems to be missing. Siri, I don't want to bother with earlier, continues to display everytime I try to go back to the home page of apps/programs, is driving me crazy.  Except for limited iPad usage (mail, Safari for the links from emails, play music, some reading books mainly) mainly am only moderately competent Windows PC user, so am frustrated at best. Any ideas on how to restore or add this feature to return search (and get Siri shut up!)?

  You can disable Siri in settings/general if you want to completely disable the function.  I suppose that you use the Home button to return to the home screen.  If you press the button too long, Siri is enabled.  Too long is not very long, so you must quickly press and release the Home button.

  Good day.

• How to extract data from your laptop with crushed Windows Vista without restoring to the factory settings?

  I ran a few updates, but before you restart the computer, I deleted many files.

  The result is that my Vista does not start, and only offered solution is to restore to factory State, which is not acceptable for me because I need data from the HARD drive.
  Y at - it an easy way to recover data from the HARD drive, or should I contact? Thank you.

  Need help on MS Answers was my last option before calling a service.

  But, luckily, I found a way. I just change the settings in the BIOS for SATA, Vista started, I restored some of the deleted files, and voila - it worked. Another reboot, BIOS have been changed on the previous settings, and now it works perfectly.

• During the upgrade of vista 64 bit, 7 64 bit process hangs about 2/3 of the way through the last part and I have to reboot that restores Vista.

  7 Windows vista upgrade problem

  During the upgrade of vista 64 bit, 7 64 bit process hangs about 2/3 of the way through the last part and I have to reboot that restores Vista. No idea what could be the cause of the crash?

  Hello

  I suggest you perform the steps in troubleshooting from the following link and check how it works.

  Upgrade stops responding (hangs) at 62% when you upgrade to Windows 7

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