This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Restore-Computer', in PowerShell version 2 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate ' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Starts a system restore on the local computer.
Restore-Computer [-RestorePoint] <int> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Restore-Computer cmdlet restores the local computer to the specified system restore point.
A Restore-Computer command restarts the computer. The restore is completed during the restart operation.
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Get-ComputerRestorePoint
Enable-ComputerRestore
Disable-ComputerRestore
Restart-Computer
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C:\PS>restore-computer -RestorePoint 253
Description
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This command restores the local computer to the restore point with sequence number 253.
Because the RestorePoint parameter is positional, you can omit the parameter name.
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C:\PS>restore-computer 255 -confirm
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Restore-Computer" .
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
Description
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This command restores the local computer to the restore point with sequence number 255. It uses the Confirm parameter to prompt the user before a
ctually performing the operation.
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C:\PS>Get-ComputerRestorePoint
C:\PS> Restore-Computer -RestorePoint 255
C:\PS> Get-ComputerRestorePoint -LastStatus
Description
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These commands run a system restore and then check its status.
The first command uses the Get-ComputerRestorePoint cmdlet to get the restore points on the local computer.
The second command uses Restore-Computer to restore the computer to the restore point with sequence number 255.
The third command uses the LastStatus parameter of Get-ComputerRestorePoint cmdlet to check the status of the restore operation. Because the Rest
ore-Computer command forces a restart, this command would be entered when the computer restarted.