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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.7
PHP version: 5.3.3
MySQL version: 5.1.61
Host: GoDaddy
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.5 (2012-09-14)
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: 3.5.1

Description of my issue:
I had an error uninstalling some software, I restored the site using Kickstart to a previously working site. The home page loads and I can view Articles but I have a problem accessing pages in Virtuemart 2.0.8. I get a 404 error, if I disable JoomSEF version 4.2.8, most of the errors go away. I'm thinking there is a problem with restoring JoomSEF but could not find anything in my searches.

-Mike

I think I have fixed it. I read someplace about checking the .htaccess and found that I had RewriteBase commented out. After turning it on, everything cleared up.
I doubt that it was anything to do with an URL/SEF issue, as nothing changed with the restore. I restored everything back to the root where it came from.
I just find it odd that the backup was from a working site (one day eariler) and once it was restored, all of the sudden, to get it working, it needed the .htaccess activated.

Thanks for the quick help!!
-Mike

I manage my own VM server at Godaddy, I don't believe that anything changed. In fact I have a test site that has been having the same issue for months and I contributed it to the fact that the registration for JoomSEF was not valid on our offline site and just delt with it. I just added the .htaccess file to the test site and JoomSEF is now working.

I crashed my live site this evening by turning off a PLUGIN and it locked me out of the bakcend and most of the frontend went down as well. The backup came from the same site it was restored to, fortunatly it was only one day old :)

Thanks again!

-Mike

I thought I had it setup, but after the restore there was no .htaccess file, just a htaccess.txt that had the RewriteBase off.
What is the possibility that Akeeba does not detect the .htaccess without the prefix and not include it in the backup? I know some programs don't see it.

-Mike