Missing files on Windows 7

I had windows 7 for a few weeks now on a brand new computer. I'm impressed, but I'm having a problem. Twice now, I turned on my computer to find my saved game files are absent, and my wife does not have the documents that she had worked on. The games were still installed, but when I went to play them (Comand and Conquer 3 and Resident Evil 5) I had to put the new purchase code and my saved games was left in the two programs. Windows Live does not remember my profile the way which he had many times before. The gadgets that I had installed on the desktop disappeared, history of the internet, Favorites, everything disappeared. Looks like an update runs and deleting files or restore to an earlier time. I didn't catch it doing, and no home did it on purpose. I think that's when the system boots. I'm not a computer guru and I don't have any idea what is causing the problem. It's very frustrating to know that I have to go kill all the zombies again!

Anyone know what could be causing this? Thanks in advance.

The only programs I have installed are Office 03, Norton Internet Security 2010, command and Conquer 3, Resident Evil 5 and tool XBOX 360 accessories (to run my XBOX 360 controller). I had no other problems or any other problem to be wary of. Norton runs a scan, and it comes out clean.

Fix of BigSarge87 was perhaps automagical?


... My wife called me at home this morning and said when she opened a session, everything was back to normal. Now it looks almost like some sort of problem user account. I'll check when I get home for lunch. There is only one account (the default) and a password that has been put in place, so I don't see how we could have been connected as the wrong user.

My plan now is that connection, then connect again the next time it happens to see if that fixes it.

Source: http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/24390-windows-7-automatically-restoring.html

~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

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