Is anything fixed by system restore “software”?

Vallence: Is anything fixed by system restore “software”?
My roommate was going through his emails and when he was done i noticed my computer “Skipping”. At first i thought that it was just the video i was watching, but then i noticed the mouse “Skipping” on the desktop. It was like the computer would freeze for a fraction of a second.

So i shut the computer down and restarted it, and the problem was still apparent. SO i took the second step and did a “system restore” and it seemed to fix the problem…

My question is…

Is it safe to assume whatever happened was “software” and not “hardware”?

Intelligent, and knowledgeable answers only please…

-Vallence
The computer is new.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Leo Jk
-It is a software, usually file corruption in sys directory by some unknown download or malware.
– Restore might not always help this, coz depending on where the problem is lying.
– In your case it worked.
-Also make a antivirus scan as regularly as possible.
And if you are fond of free antiviruses, like AVG, AVAST and so on, try at least 2 scans with each

Answer by srs_308
could have been a driver download or software update. The system restore only backs-out the changes made since last restore point (usually a restore point is made during all updates). You should be OK, if it is hardware related it would have been there again after the restore.

Good Luck

Answer by Sivi
Well…… System restore only fixes the software errors. Its kind of like a back-up, if something goes wrong you can revert the settings. System Restore does not fix any hardware problems. Its solely and completely related to software.

Now, coming to your problem, may be some kind of programme was doing its job in the background and that might have been the problem for lag (skipping in your terms). Maybe you have scheduled some programme for some work… like may be Scheduled Anti-Virus scan or may be some programme was defragging your Hard Drive or may be your Windows might have been finished downloading updates and was installing them. But these scenarios may not be the problem as you said that the problem persisted even after restarting your PC. To find out which programme was using the PC at its peak, you could have used the Tast Manager option (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and should have checked it out primarily. If next time it happens, just be sure to check it out rather than bluntly
re-starting your PC (No Offense meant)