Restore system to shadow copy

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Published on 2010-03-24T08:50:40Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 8:53 UTC
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Hey,

I have uninstalled a program that I do not want to have uninstall.

I have shadow copies of the entire disk so the files are there. How can I revert the entire system to a shadow copy?

I'm using Vista

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