How to delete past restore points

I still don't understand your question or problem but here is what I get out of it.

First of all Mozilla Firefox is your Internet Browser, not your Internet Service. Your Internet Service is provided by who you pay the monthly check to each month.

Now, it sounds like you have downloaded and installed something that you did not want, so you want to take it off.

If that is true, click Start and in the Search Box type in: System Restore. Look up towards the top and the search results will appear and you can click on System Restore. System Restore will allow you to select a Restore Point (date and time) to roll your system back to before you started having problems. System Restore will not delete any of your data, documents, music, pictures, videos or programs (unless the program was installed after the restore point you selected).

So in your case just select a Restore Point (date and time) that is before you downloaded and installed the program you don't want.

First.. install a different antivirus program while you are fixing this installation. Try microsoft security essentials or AVG.
Then.
Check your program files folder for any mention of Avast, and delete it.
Run a search for avast and delete anything you find.
Download a registry cleaner, I use CC Cleaner.
Run the cleaner and remove all the files it finds, run the registry cleaner and let it delete all the problems it finds .
IF you want to try with avast again, uninstall the other antivirus program you may have installed. then try with the Avast again

How often are restore points created?
Restore points are created automatically every day, and just before significant system events, such as the installation of a program or device driver. You can also create a restore point manually.

How much hard disk space does System Restore require?
To store restore points, you need at least 300 megabytes (MB) of free space on each hard disk that has System Protection turned on. System Restore might use up to 15 percent of the space on each disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, System Restore will delete older restore points to make room for new ones.

How long are restore points saved?
Restore points are saved until the hard disk space System Restore reserves is filled up. As new restore points are created, old ones are deleted. If you turn off System Protection (the feature that creates restore points) on a disk, all restore points are deleted from that disk. When you turn System Protection back on, new restore points are created.

The restore point is a built in utility by microsoft, you can't have the option to configure the settings!!!

You can get to msconfig by typing this into the run box.
A better way is to use CC Cleaner, this cleans you temp files, your registry, it can uninstall your software, it can delete unwanted restore points, and best of all for you...
It can disable or delete any of the programs in the startup folder.
When installing cc cleaner, watch out for the last page before install, i would un tick the box to get the yahoo toolbar

There is a free software title called ccleaner (a registry cleaner) that also gives you the option to delete system restore points. I would give that a shot.

unfortunatly your cleaner created an error in the registry my suggestion is to boot with a cd your labtop should have came with.

I hope your saying you went to add remove programs and uninstalled
it. You just cant delete program files, and usually windows won't let you.

Try to reinstall the software, and then use windows uninstaller, then re install again.

Any anti-virus will leave registry keys behind and sometimes they cause problems.

After you do this you should clean the registry, this is the best free cleaner thee is.

Make sure your system restore is turned on, then make a restore point, then run the cleaner.

If you need anymore help just post it.


http://www.ccleaner.com/download

All the information and programs you need to get rid of this can be found at:

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Windows-Genuine-Advantage-Notifications

Just copy and paste the above link in your internet address bar.

Go to Microsoft.com and install Windows Defender if the software hasn't been removed yet.

If your system can't be restored at the previous point. You will have to reinstall the programs.

right-click on "My Computer" then select properties, then System restore.

You now have two choices, expand the % disk space to use for the system restore, or Turn off System Restore, which will wipe out all past restore points.

Do the first one, see if everything goes back to normal. if not, then run disk cleaner foundat: start, programs. accessories, systems tools. This should mkae your Operating system speed up a bit by cleaning out temp files and other clutter. Then defrag, also found in the same folder as Disk cleaner. Next, do a search of your entire hard drive for all files ending in .tmp. delete them all. Those steps combined, should speed things up considerably. Only when everything is working fine again should you turn of system restore and then turn it back on again to get everything cleaned out. This last should be a last resort only, when you are running out of Hard drive space.