System Restore - Group Policy

[Steve Pine]

Control of System Restore function has been disabled by "Group Policy".
How do regain control?

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi Steve Pine,

Go to Start>Run, key in gpedit.msc and hit ENTER. Under Computer
Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand System, then click on
the System Restore folder. In the right-hand pane, double-click on Turn off
Configuration and, under the Setting tab, click in the radio button beside
Not Configured. Click on Apply then OK.


Regards,

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please visit the following Microsoft Knowledge Base website
and review the topic titled: "Method 1: Use Group Policy".

How to Disable the System Restore Configuration User Interface
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=283073

Note: You must be an administrator or owner, or have administrative
privileges to perform this task.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Steve,

Undo the changes using Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc)

-or-

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore

In the right-pane, delete the value "DisableConfig".
Close Registry Editor
Close and re-open the System Restore properties page.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

Control of System Restore function has been disabled by "Group Policy".
How do regain control?

 

[Steve Pine]

My OEM copy of XP Home does not have a gpedit.msc file.
When I go to System Properties - System Restore, I have a greyed out box
with a greyed out message that says "Turn off System Restore (disabled
by Group Policy)"
Thanks

 

[Steve Pine]

"The information in this article applies to:
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
I'm running XP Home OEM. See my 1:40 PM message.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

FYI, Group Policy Editor is available only in XP Professional.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

My OEM copy of XP Home does not have a gpedit.msc file.
When I go to System Properties - System Restore, I have a greyed out box
with a greyed out message that says "Turn off System Restore (disabled
by Group Policy)"
Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Rstrui.exe is what loads your Restore points . Read this & see if you have
it set up correctly .

1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for known file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type: " %windir%\inf " (Without quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file " sr.inf ". Right-click it and then click Install.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| "The information in this article applies to:
| a.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
| I'm running XP Home OEM. See my 1:40 PM message.

 

[Steve Pine]

No sr.inf on my OEM copy of XP Home. Will explore references tonight.
Thanks

 

[Ian_Dennis]

I have also recently noticed this problem with my Windows XP system, This computer is not part of a windows domain and so should not be subject to any group policies (only local computer policies should apply), however In the local computer policy snap-in there are no options for system restore.

Is there any particular program that could have caused this? I have Norton Internet security 2006 installed if anyone has any ideas.

Ian Dennis