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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Follow these steps to create a restore point using the 
System Restore utility:
1 From the Start screen, type 
Control. Click or touch 
Control Panel from the list that appears.
2 Click or touch 
System and Security, and then 
System.
3 In the left pane, click or touch 
System Protection.
The System Protection tab of the System Properties 
window appears.
4 Click or touch 
Configure.
5 Under 
Restore settings select Turn on System 
Protection
.
6 Click or touch 
OK.
7 Click or touch 
Create.
8 In the input field, enter a name that is descriptive enough 
to be easily understood in the future, such as “Before 
installing Brand X Accounting app.” Then click or touch 
Create.
The Windows
®
 operating system creates the restore 
point, automatically stamps it with the current date and 
time, and displays a message that the restore point was 
successfully created. 
9 Click or touch 
Close.
Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your Windows
®
 
configuration using the saved restore point. To do this:
1 From the Start screen, type 
Control. Click or touch 
Control Panel from the list that appears.
2 Click or touch 
System and Security, and then 
System.
3 In the left pane, click or touch 
System Protection.
The System Protection tab of the System Properties 
window appears.
4 Click or touch 
System Restore...
5 Click or touch Next.