[dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare

Hi Peter:

Wow that is very scary. 

That is sort of like having a final solution button on your computer. A really great feature for the average user...not.

Did something similar with my wife's emails. Did a full backup of the data but forgot about the configuration files...actually didn't think such a thing would happen...live and learn. When the application was restarted the configuration was automatically reset and all the links, saved addresses and visual setting were gone.   

Even after restoration, I will be in the dog house for a long while and this incident will never be forgotten.

I hope you can at least restore somethings. Keep us posted and if I find out anything I will post it as well.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 9:13:06 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare

Trying to fix a connection glitch on her Win 8 laptop, my wife followed 
connection troubleshooting to a "Refresh" option. That sounded good to 
her, so she did it. The result is a machine reset to factory settings. 
Six months' installations and data lost.

She's not the only one: 
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-system/can-i-undo-a-refresh-on-windows-8-i-have-no/1fa9d583-b73b-47a5-b2f2-3e6b6dbe1062

Anybody know a fix that works?

PB
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