I hear ya, normally either do a windows system restore, a ghost restore or a new install. I am teaching a course on Windows and wanted to get some ideas about the other options though.

>I have to say that my prefered option is to wipe a problematic machine and reinstall a clean build.
>Slán
>~M
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>>Has anyone seen an summary comparing the various Windows XP problem resolution options? When to use each and what each are good at? Tools such as
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>>System Restore
>>Last Known Good Configuration
>>Safe Mode
>>Repairing an installation (from boot cd)
>>Recovery Console (from boot cd)
>>Automated System Recovery (from boot cd)