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The Restore Point

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There's a feature built into most computers called a System Restore Point — a snapshot of your machine taken at a moment when everything was...

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There's a feature built into most computers called a System Restore Point — a snapshot of your machine taken at a moment when everything was running well. When a virus corrupts your files, or a bad software update sends everything into chaos, you don't have to start over from scratch. You navigate to that restore point, and the system returns to its clean, functional state.…

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