I have to agree with iceman’s views (but not necessarily with the way that he expresses them).
For most users, Microsoft System Restore is perfectly adequate and you can get into it via ‘Safe Mode’ if you have a problem booting up Windows BTW. This in essence allows a restore point to be accessed even if you cannot fully boot up into Windows – exactly the same facility that Go Back offers, just accessed in a slightly diffeent way.
Whilst you can manually set ‘restore points’ whenever you want – e.g. before installing new software, or removing some files and so on – Windows will only automatically set restore points around once a day if you leave the computer on 24/7, or whenever you boot up.
Even increasing the file size allocation doesn’t enable a substantial increase in the frequency of restore points, only in how many are stored by the software.
Yes with ‘Go Back’ by Roxio (also included foc with Norton System Works by Symantec) it automatically sets a restore point every hour or two, depending on how you configure it, and can allow a system restore to be initiated BEFORE Windows boots up as well as after it has booted (from the desktop).
Therefore if you mess something up, with Go Back you can restore to a few minutes before the incident. With Windows System Restore you may find the most recent restore point is 6 – 12 hours prior to the incident.