if I had to guess from looking at your Last Session.ini that you might need to first two..doubt System Restore is an issue. Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is a feature of Windows Vista that allows administrators to remotely run management scripts RemoteRegistry Enables remote users to modify registry settings on this computer. If this service is stopped, the registry can be modified only by users on this computer. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. System Restore (unlikely)