How do I completly restore my imac from a time machine backup ie, dock settings desktop stuff.

i have completley messed up my imac and logged in, only to find out that my dock was reset, my desktop blank, and the only stuff i have left is a time machine backup with all the data from my mac, can i use it to reset my mac to a earlier date?
Thanks.
Jonathan

you can open the hard drive>applications>ultitilies and run the migration assistant.  there you can select restore from time machine backup
-mvimp

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