1. July 2013 LCCU Meeting What does System Restore restore - in Windows XP, Vista or 7? We will discuss. We'll demo file restoration using the software built into the various versions of Windows. Learn to view & edit your images and much more with "Irfanview". Apply effects & watermarks, scan, print, email pics, create slideshows or panoramas, etc. Judy Grindle will demo.

2. July 2013 LCCU Meeting System Restore, Files Changed –Vista: “System Restore restores Windows system files, programs, and registry settings. It can also make changes to scripts, batch files, and other types of executable files” Added for Win 7: “created under any user account on your computer. System Restore does not affect personal files, such as e-mail, documents, or photos, so it cannot help you restore a deleted file.” Source: Microsoft for Vista, and Microsoft for Windows 7 System Restore FAQs.Microsoft for Vista Microsoft for Windows 7 System Restore FAQs –In Windows XP, it excludes any file types used for users' personal data files, and excludes the monitored set of file types (.DLL,.EXE etc.) from folders such as My Documents. In Windows Vista and later, it excludes only document file types; it does not exclude any monitored system file type whatsoever its location and operates on the entire volume. Source: WikipediaWikipedia

3. July 2013 LCCU Meeting System Restore, Files Changed –Some of the files and settings saved in a Windows XP restore point: Registry (Contains Configuration information for application, user, and operating system settings) Windows File Protection files in the dllscache folder. (Used for protecting system files) COM+ Database Windows Management Instrumentation Database IIS Metabase (Contains configuration for Internet Information Server) Files with extensions listed in the Monitored File Extensions list in the System Restore section of the Platform SDKMonitored File Extensions Local Profiles – Source: Windows XP System Restore GuideWindows XP System Restore Guide

4. July 2013 LCCU Meeting System Restore In Windows XP –Takes snapshots of system files, some program files and of registry settings, also scripts, batch files and executable files, & stores them in restore points. In Windows Vista & 7 –The System Protection service creates restore points at regular intervals as it monitors system settings and previous versions of files, including user files, on a disc drive.

5. July 2013 LCCU Meeting System Restore Windows XP –To control: Control Panel, System, System Restore tab, Settings, then slider controls % of disc used or check to disable. –To use: Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore, next, choose date of restore point, next. Windows Vista & 7 –To control: Control Panel, System, System Protection tab, check or clear box next to each drive. In Win 7, you can specify % of drive space to use and whether to include system settings or only previous versions of files. –To use: same as for XP or from Control Panel as above.

6. July 2013 LCCU Meeting File Restore Options Windows Vista Home and XP Home: – restore files from Windows Backup. –Vista Home - restore prior version using 3 rd party software. Windows XP Pro, Vista Business, Enterprise & Ultimate and all versions of Windows 7: –restore files from Windows Backup. –restore Prior Version using Windows Explorer (except XP). –restore from a system image, mounted as a Virtual HD. Windows 8 – restore from file history or using Windows 7 options.

7. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Restoring Files – Win XP Windows Backup must have been run before losing the file. run Backup & Restore Wizard, (Accessories, System Tools, Backup) –select “Restore files and settings”, click next, select.bkf backup file for desired date and expand (dbl-click) to select files or folders, click next. –Click Advanced to restore to an alternate location, to select whether to leave or replace existing files, etc. –Click Finish to restore.

8. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Restoring Files – Win Vista, 7 Windows Backup must have been run before losing the file. Click Start, Control panel, System and Maintenance, Backup and Restore, –Click “Restore my files” or “Restore all users’ files” –Select date of file to restore from. –Click “Browse for files”, ”Browse for folders” or “Search” to select items, click Add. –Decide location to restore to and click “Start restore” button.

9. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Recovering Files, Prior Versions In Windows Vista & 7, shadow copies of changed files, including your documents, are created by System Restore and by Windows File Backup using the “Volume Shadow Copy Service”. A shadow copy contains the pre-change 16K blocks of a changed file. In Vista, restore points are created daily; in Win 7, they’re created every 7 days. Default maximum space for shadow copies is 15% on Vista and 5% on Win 7. Oldest files are deleted to make room for new ones.

10. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Recovering Files, Prior Versions For Vista Business, Enterprise & Ultimate, all versions of 7, –Either Windows File Backup must have been run or restore points must have been turned on, (i.e. under Control Panel, System, System Protection tab, Automatic restore points, disc volumes are checked) to create shadow copies of changed files. –to restore previous version of a file, right-click file name, click Properties and Previous Versions tab. For Vista Home, –get & install Shadow Explorer utility from www.shadowexplorer.com or other site first. Try to avoid unwanted toolbars. Portable version works. www.shadowexplorer.comother site first

11. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Recovering Files, Prior Versions Using Shadow Explorer –Download, and extract or install & Shadow Explorer utility from www.shadowexplorer.com or Snapfiles site.www.shadowexplorer.comSnapfiles site –Run Shadow Explorer. –Next to C:, choose date to restore to. –User files are under Users, nothing shows under Documents and Settings folder. Navigate to files needed, select and restore. –For deleted files, navigate to folder they were in.

12. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Restoring Files from a System Image Windows System Image must have been run before losing the file. Not available in XP or Vista Home. –See “How to Recover Specific Files from a Windows System Image”How to Recover Specific Files from a Windows System Image Click Start, right-click Computer, click manage, click Disk Management on left. –Click Action, Attach VHD. Browse to the.vhd file in the backup folder named SystemImageBackup, subfolder with your username. If there are two.vhd files, it’s the larger. A new drive should show up using the next available letter. –Autoplay will show up. Browse and copy needed files. –When done, go back to Disk Management, right-click drive for vhd and click “detach”.

13. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Irfanview Download from www.download.cnet.com.www.download.cnet.com Download plugins from www.irfanview.comwww.irfanview.com Download OCR plugin from KadmosOCR plugin from Kadmos Supported file formats/extensions: –AIF¹, ANI, AU¹, AVI, AWD, B3D, BMP, CAM, CLP, CPT, CRW/CR2, CUR, DAT¹, DCM/ACR, DCX, DDS, DIB, DJVU, DLL/EXE, DXF/DWG/HPGL/CGM/SVG, ECW, EMF, EPS/PS/PDF/AI, EXR, FITS, FLI/FLC², FPX, FSH, G3, GIF, GLCD, HDP/WDP, HDR, ICL, ICO, IFF/LBM, IMG, JLS, JP2, JPG/JPEG, JPM, KDC, Mac PICT², MAG, MED, MID, MNG/JNG, MOV¹², MP3, MPG/MPEG¹, MPO, MrSID, NLM/NOL/NGG/NSL/OTB/GSM, OGG, PBM, PCX, PDF, PDN, PGM, PhotoCD, PNG, PPM, PSD, PSP, PVR, QTIF², RAS/SUN, RealAudio, RAW, RLE, RMI, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, MrSID, SWF/FLV, SND¹, TGA, TIF/TIFF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAL, WAV, WBMP, WMF, WMA, WMV, WBC/WBZ, WEBP, WSQ, XBM, XCF, XPM, (DNG, EEF, NEF, ORF, RAF, MRW, DCR, PEF, SRF, X3F, RW2, NRW).

14. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Irfanview - Thumbnails File Menu: –Slideshow, start, save or append as current. –Batch conversion or rename; batch print – Create contact sheet; save selected thumbs as image or pdf – Send by email –Open with external editor Options menu: –Set thumbnail options, sort. View menu: –Directory tree, most recently used.

15. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Irfanview – Some Features File Menu: –Slideshow, create.exe or burn to CD/DVD. Edit menu: –Insert text or overlay/watermark image. Image menu: –Resize, resample –Create new image, then use Paint Dialog under Edit menu. –Create panorama, specify pixels of overlap. Options menu: –JPG lossless rotation or crop –Start OCR – Optical character recognition.

16. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Irfanview – Sample Projects Create Slideshow and burn to CD. Resize image, apply effects and insert text or overlay/watermark Name labels: new image, then use Paint Dialog under Edit menu to fill, add text and border. Create panorama, specifying pixels of overlap, straighten image & crop selection. Start OCR – Optical character recognition.

17. July 2013 LCCU Meeting Irfanview – Tutorials Crop/Resize and Retouch In Irfanview How to remove objects from photos using IrfanviewHow to remove objects from photos using Irfanview Batch Image Conversion in Irfanview Use the Paint Tools in Irfanview Create a Slideshow with Irfanview How to create a panoramic view in IrfanviewHow to create a panoramic view in Irfanview Irfanview 4.10 Tutorial