I’ve long criticized the lackadaisical attitude of Microsoft toward security.  However, in recent years they’ve done a much better job identifying and patching vulnerabilities in their operating systems and applications. One exception, though, is the “Shadow Copy” feature incorporated into Windows Vista and Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 7.  Shadow Copy is what lets these operating systems restore your system to an earlier configuration if disaster strikes (e.g., you accidentally delete a critical program, a botched upgrade crashes your PC, etc.) The default configuration of both Vista and Windows 7 has Shadow Copy activated.  It automatically copies everything on your system volume (Drive C).  And I mean everything: not just your system files, but your program files, user settings, and whatever documents you’ve created.

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