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To: Bob434
Excellent suggestions! I have used virtual machines with various operating systems in the past, but had gotten complacent after not having difficulties for a long time. I definitely will give instant rollback a try.

All that has to be done to disable Windows Defender is to convince the system that other anti-virus software is being used. System restore seems to be easy to screw up as well. The latest generations of malware is more than capable of defeating Microsoft's built in defenses. It is pathetic that Windows 10 is continually receiving disruptive updates that mess up your system supposedly in the name of security. My assumption in the past when a computer has been overheating while sitting idle has usually been that it is taking some type of cheesy update.

13 posted on 11/19/2019 8:16:02 AM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15

[[System restore seems to be easy to screw up as well.]]

Yeah i don ‘t like system restore- it doesn’t often restore everything- like if i install a program, then do a system restore- sometimes it will get rid of the program, BUT will leave files behind for some unknown reason- rollbackRX completely reverts to the time before the program was installed- so there are no files left over- everything, all files, all registry settings, everything, goes back to before the program was installed- it also can be initiated before windows boots which saved my bacon a couple of times- system restore would not have done that- thatr i know of unless htere is a way to do it with the windows isntall/repair disk-

Do note though that rollbackRX will take over the bios (in order to allow it to be used before windows starts)- and that might be important to some folks who do al to of stuff with their computers, but i never ran into any problems with that-

another great point of RollbackRX is that if an update goes bad, just do a rollback

Also- system restore gets rid of snapshots when the system has a lot of activity (like installing large programs, or massive widows updates etc ) and you can’t always go back in time before a problem started because of that- but with rollbackRX- you can make a snapshot, and always have it until you decide to delete it- so you know you can always get back to a time before a problem happens-

It’s a great program- especially if a person likes to try things with their computer, but are afraid something might go wrong- or try different programs, but aren’t sure if they will mess up the computer or not- with RollbackRX- no worries- It was the best $40 i ever spent- wait for sales- they sell it cheaper at times-


14 posted on 11/19/2019 9:58:26 AM PST by Bob434
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