Restore Points Not Available

[JamesJ]

I had this problem before and it is now occurring again

For some odd reason, when I open System Restore, I'm presented with a
different dialog screen than I was before. Before, I was presented with
a screen that had already select the most recent restore point allowing me
to select 'Choose another restore point'. Now I'm not presented
with these choices. I only see a Next and a Cancel button and a space where
the choices were. When I click Next I see a list of restore points, just
like before.
But, that first screen is definitely different than what I used to see.
Has anyone any idea how I can get the old screen back??

Any help will be appreciated.
James

 

[DarkNight]

Did you install/change *anything* lately? Service Pack? Updates? Programs?

 

[JamesJ]

The last time this happened an acitvex Windows Update fixed the
problem. This time there was no such update available.
I did, however, install some trial software that needed to install an
activex
component for the download. This was a trial from Corel software.
I did a system restore that Windows created this morning and this
fixed the System Restore window back to normal.

James

 

[DarkNight]

Great! so the problem is solved then?

The last time this happened an acitvex Windows Update fixed the
problem. This time there was no such update available.
I did, however, install some trial software that needed to install an
activex
component for the download. This was a trial from Corel software.
I did a system restore that Windows created this morning and this
fixed the System Restore window back to normal.

James

 

[JamesJ]

Yes. But I wish I knew what caused it.
It's a bit scary.

James

 

[Peter Foldes]

Symantec product installed and especially Norton by any chance ??

 

[JamesJ]

No, no, no. Haven't had that on my system in many years.