There are several different ways to access restore points, each with its own
purpose and scope:
Roll Back Driver
In Device Manager (devmgmt.msc), expand a category, right-click a
device, and select Properties. Choose the Driver tab, and then click Roll
Back Driver to replace the current driver with an earlier version. If the
Roll Back Driver button is grayed out, then either you??™ve loaded no earlier
version of this driver, or the System Restore feature isn??™t operational
(discussed later in this section). What??™s nice about this feature is that the
scope of the change is crystal clear; when you click Roll Back Driver,
only the driver files and settings for the current device are affected.
System Restore
To open the System Restore wizard, open the Start menu, type rstrui
and press Enter. Click Next on the first page to show a list of the recent
restore points, and then select an entry and click Next to revert your
PC??™s system files and configuration to an earlier state. (If you don??™t see
any restore points, read on to see how to enable this feature.)
It??™s best to think of this feature as neither an uninstall tool nor a time
machine, but rather something in between. Windows makes a restore
point when you install hardware drivers, when you install software
(most of the time), and occasionally at regular intervals. (You can also
create restore points manually in the System Protection window,
described later in this section.
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