Quick Restore Maker – Creating System Restore Points with the Quick Restore Maker
Welcome to Quick Restore Maker
If you ever managed to create a manual System Restore point, you know it takes about 7 clicks to do so, because the path to the shortcut is several levels deep, and most people don’t even know how to browse to it. If you do, then you are really going to appreciate this tool called “Quick Restore Maker” from a forum member in The Windows Club (TWC) nicknamed UntameDKreationZ. More on that later.
Reasons I Regularly Use System Restore
On my own computers, I am always testing new utilities, as well as upgrading or updating my existing programs. But every now and then, something would go terribly wrong, and I knew it was that new program I just installed. And even though I managed to remove it, my Windows was still acting up.
Actually, that hasn’t happened for a long time because I am pretty good about creating a System Restore Point just before I make any changes to my system. That way, I can reverse any ill effects that might happen when making changes to my system. And if something severe ever happened, I could just restore my operating system with my ghost image (that is another story I’ll write about later).
Repairing Windows Damaged by Viruses, Malware, Spyware, Adware or Whatever
Can the System Restore Feature be used for Spyware Prevention or Spyware Removal? Not exactly, but it can be used to deal with the damage left behind by spyware infections. But even after cleaning up every infection your malware scanners could find, there might be some Windows damage left behind to deal with. In these cases, I might prefer to restore the system to a previous date using System Restore. Beware though, that some of the infected files you just cleaned might be restored and you will have to run your scans again, but things will probably run much smoother the 2nd time around. So this isn’t so much of a spyware prevention tip as it is a way to restore enough performance to your computer so you can continue to remove any remaining infections.
I know that some people who know about System Restore, might resort to restoring the system back to a previous date as a first resort. But in my experience, System Restore is more likely to complete successfully after you have cleaned off as many infections as you can first.
With that said, System Restore has to be turned on, and if you only rely on System Checkpoints that are automatically generated when the system is idle, you might not have a recent enough checkpoint to restore to, and it might negate some program and system changes you have made since that restore point. When I use checkpoints to restore to, I like to pick a recent one in the middle of 2 other adjacent checkpoints.
So aside from only being able to choose from system generated checkpoints, I want to introduce you to a portable program called the Quick Restore Maker. After downloading and extracting the executable program file, all you have to do is run it, and in 1 or 2 clicks, you just made a System Restore point. You can do this whenever you want, but I recommend you use it especially before installing any programs or updates, or making any changes to your operating system or registry. Doing this will ensure you have plenty of recent, quality Restore Points to choose from in case you need them to help recover from an infection.
Read the EzineArticle About Creating System Restore Points With One or Two Clicks
Now making restore points on the fly couldn’t be any easier. Whenever you would rather be safe than sorry, it only takes a couple clicks … how? You can do this very easily by using the Quick Restore Maker which you can read about in more detail in the brief article below.
Quick Restore Maker
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Heeding Spyware Prevention Tips Don’t Provide 100% Data Safety
We All Lost Data at One Time or Another
Even I have a lost a bit of data in the past. I should know better, but I didn’t take the time to back-up my most recent work while I was on the road. Whatever the reason you find yourself in a data recovery situation, DriveSavers has consistently helped my customers recover data that I thought would have been a lost cause.
Heeding Spyware Prevention Tips Won’t Guarantee Your Data Will Always be Safe
I always preach securing your computer with my spyware prevention tips, but even with the best spyware prevention shields up, for one reason or another, some malware might still get through, and in some cases, can ultimately cause you to end up in a data loss situation because of a hard drive gone bad (check back later for an article about a common scenario that leads to premature hard drive failures).
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But even if you think you just lost your life’s work and feel distressed, DriveSavers can help. I admit that they are expensive, but they are also very successful. If your data is extremely important to you, and you must get it back, turn-off your computer (don’t make it worse by trying to “hope” it will work all of the sudden), and call DriveSavers. Check out their website for professional tips about the best practices for data safety.
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What Does Your Online Reputation Say About You?
I just wanted to share a page with a video about whether online information affects your reputation? See what people in the United States and the U.K. say about managing their privacy and online reputation.
http://www.microsoft.com/privacy/dpd/default.aspx
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Google Web Master Tools Site Verification
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For all the business types with Websites. You probably heard that these days, you need a WordPress Blog, and you also signed-up for Facebook and Twitter, but it hasn’t exploded your business yet. Well, now that you have conquered the spyware problem (for now), have you checked how your website ranks in Google lately? If you aren’t getting ranked or are just getting low rankings, you should check to see if your site has even been verified by Google. Once verified, you can analyze some important information Google has compiled about your site using Google Webmaster Tools, and it is free of course. Sure, there are other analytics tools out there, but the more information you can measure about the performance of your site, the better prepared you will be to target your efforts on the details that need improvement. There are a few different ways to get your site verified by Google, but the text below outlines the method I used. You will have to read between the lines and get the details from each of the websites themselves. If you are internet savvy, it might just be self-explanatory.
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Google XML Sitemaps Plugin for WordPress
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/
- Install the Google XML Sitemap Plugin to your WordPress folder of the domain you want to verify and activate it.
- Note the url for the “sitemap.gz” file that the Google XML Sitemap generated in the root folder of your domain.
- (example) http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap.gz
Robot Control Code Generation Tool
http://www.mcanerin.com/en/search-engine/robots-txt.asp
- Using the Robot Control Code Generation Tool, enter your “http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap.gz” to generate the text for your robots.txt file.
- Using notepad, create a text file named robots.txt and copy the text generated by the Robot Control Code Generation Tool
- FTP this file to the root folder of your domain. You may need to change the attributes of this file for Google Webmaster Tool to read it. I had to change mine to “644”
Google Webmaster Tools
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
- Sign-in to Google Webmaster Tools with your Google acct info (same as gmail)
- Add your domain (example http://yoursite.com)
- Click “Verify This Site”.
- If you use the Meta Tag method, you will need to copy the code they provide into the head section of the code for your site. Some premium themes have a section for entering header code very easily.
- If you use the Html Method, download the provided file and FTP it to the root folder of your domain.
- Click Verify
- Check back regularly to check your stats. Google will provide you with the rankings of the keywords it detects as well as monitoring inbound links and more.
- Once you see you highest rated keywords, go ahead and Google them yourself and see your page in Google using a keyword search.
Recent Experience
I recently had the targeted keyword phrase “cyberdefender reviews” ranking Number One within 2 days of submitting only “1” article to EzineArticles, but I did not know this until I had my site verified with Google. It has slipped a bit since, but is still in the top ten. Many other of my keywords are still ranking in the top 10. Needless to say, I am suddenly getting traffic to this page very quickly, and Google Webmaster Tools is helping me with the information I need about what works great and what needs tweaking.
I also suggest you sign up for Google Alerts at http://www.google.com/alerts and enter keywords you want to get alerts on when someone else posts content related to your niche using these keywords. You can then make a Reply or Comment on the Forum or Blog or whatever it is and leave your Signature with a link back to your blog or capture page.
This is quickly generating traffic I never believed could happen this fast! You’ll find that the alerts you get for these keywords might be similar in nature, so you could probably prepare a file with a standard blurb and your signature which you can modify as needed when making your Comments and Replies.
I also like to use Firefox to do all this because it does such a good job at remembering user names and passwords. I mention this because some of these forums require you to register first, and if you ever get another alert for the same site, you can login quickly while letting Firefox remember the login info for you automatically.
I know this info will help! Please get your site verified asap so you can get access to the info that Google knows about your page performance. I don’t know why this info wasn’t brought out with great emphasis in anything I ever learned before. My hat goes off to Michael Campbell and a recent Newsletter of his that put it this way:
- Professionals have a robots.txt file, amateurs don’t.
So be a professional and implement this today. If you already have, then share the love and retweet this article, otherwise, I would be interested in reading some positive comments about your experience.
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3 Mistakes to Avoid Getting the Koobface Virus in Facebook
The Koobface Virus spreading through Facebook is catching Facebook users off-guard by deceiving them into clicking on a message that supposedly contains an embarrassing video of themselves. The message even appears to come from a Facebook friend. Listen to the audio below by Dale Powell about the 3 mistakes to avoid to prevent getting this type of infection, virus and spyware prevention tips can go a long way if “actually” implemented.
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Can Windows 7 Get Viruses?
Yes, Windows 7 gets chased by viruses and can in fact get both virus and malware infections! In fact, we have already started to have Windows 7 based computers carried into our shop for virus removal. The spyware prevention tips you have been learning for previous Windows versions still apply for Windows 7.
But in defense of Windows 7, I will have to say that these internet surfers either let their trial antivirus products expire, or they just practiced the same naive internet surfing habits we see no matter what operating system they use. In other words…it was preventable!
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate on 3 of my computers so far and am more than satisfied. While I have heard of people having issues even upgrading, I’ll bet that they have some form of malware, application or driver incompatibility that they didn’t resolve before upgrading. Please run and heed the results from the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor before actually upgrading. And by all means, don’t try to upgrade an infected computer!! It could prevent the upgrade from installing properly and you may just end up with a broken computer.
Moving on…Windows 7 boasts a much improved version of its built-in firewall, scaleable User Account Control, as well as Windows Defender for malware protection. If you have no or expired antivirus software, you might at least install Microsoft Security Essentials which is available for free from Microsoft. I haven’t seen enough computers using this product to form an opinion yet, but as I usually say, freeware usually only offers “basic protection”.
So although the threats are still out there, Windows 7 is a bit harder to infect and when it does get infected, I can say that it is much easier to disinfect than the same infection on a Windows XP computer. With that said, why not learn more about prevention. Use a Standard User account for your internet surfing, make sure you use multi-layered protection with top-tier antivirus and antispyware products, links scanners, and always do your homework before clicking that link.
