Using a Restore point for Skins?

[Raising Kane]

My girlfriend has a clean computer that I am planning on using to get set up with Party skins....will using a restore point from before I install the skins software work so I can get signed up with all the Party skins?

[HesseJam]

Tis sound like a smart move you could try. If it doesnt work you could also delete the Party folder and try again.

[Bytestream]

Theoretically, I think it would work. You could be the pioneer of a new trick.

The only thing is, when you restore, you lose everything, so after each restore, you will have to go back and reinstall each skin... plus whatever other programs or files. Probably not worth the hassle, unless you didnt have any accounts planned to do them all at once.....

[Mike Haven]

you lose everything, so after each restore, you will have to go back and reinstall each skin... plus whatever other programs or files

i think the idea may be a stroke of genius - when you have a mind like his, it's simple, i guess

presumably he won't be playing on his girlfriend's computer so he won't need to reinstall the skins, and if he does them one after another there won't be any other programmes or files that require reinstalling

i would say it is definitely worth the minor hassle if it works

please let us know, RK

[Baulucky]

Some of us have been doing that thing for 6 months at least...

[Mike Haven]

Genii.

[MicroBob]

yeah...i'm not so sure this is such a stroke of genius. But I don't want to poo-poo too much on your compliment.

I was trying to do this a couple weeks ago but I think my last restore is only from 3 months ago and I can't restore to a point earlier than that.

When I get on a different computer I might get a couple sign-ups in via this method though.

I walked my Dad through signing me up for my last skin....so when I get on his computer during my next visit I can just do a couple system restores....and then should be able to restore it right back to the present day so that he doesn't lose anything.

[Mike Haven]

I think my last restore is only from 3 months ago and I can't restore to a point earlier than that

that would be normal, depending on how much disk space usage you have set aside to store points - you would need a totally clean computer to start out on the venture, but then you could set up each skin in a matter of minutes, leaving a clean computer behind you at the end

[Baulucky]

Hi Bob. Nothing genial about this.

Follow the SOP to get your computer "cleaned up" and work from there using the restore as needed.

[wmmathguy]

I did this using VMWare, it works fine.