Auto Restore Point?

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Hello all. Is there any way to set my system to automatically set a restore
point upon the first boot up of the day?
Thanks.
 
Hi LMO,

As Daniel stated, this is possible using WMI. Here is a script that checks
if there are any System Restore points already created for the current day.
If no System Restore point exists for the current day, the script creates a
System Restore point.

How to automatically create a System Restore point upon the first boot up of
the day?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/createrp.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


You could create a WMI script running at XP boot up:

How To Use the System Restore Utility with Windows Management
Instrumentation in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295299

(You'll require that the user who logs on has administrator privileges.)
 
Hi,

At the link below there are two .exe files that can be used to create a
restore point automatically. On will display a message indicating that a
restore point was created upon completions, and the other will display
no message at all. Place either of these two files into Startup folder
and a restore point will be created when the system is started or
restarted.

Single Click Creation of a System Restore Point:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_sysrestorepoint.htm

Here are some troubleshooting tips when System Restore fails to create
an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
 
Ramesh; Thank you. I have a question about part of the instructions (I've
never written a vbs script):
"save as a file with .VBS extension (use double-quotes)"
What does it mean "use double quotes"? Where?
Thanks again.
 
LMO,

Save the script as "CreateRP.VBS" (include the quotes to avoid
double-extensions)

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh; Thank you. I have a question about part of the instructions (I've
never written a vbs script):
"save as a file with .VBS extension (use double-quotes)"
What does it mean "use double quotes"? Where?
Thanks again.
 
My system will not allow a name with quotes. I've never seen a name with
quotes. Maybe I'm misunderstanding. The script is working anyways.
Thanks!
 
Using quotes will prevent notepad from adding .TXT extension.
Double-extensions look something like this:

filename.dll.txt

So when you save a file, enclose the file name within double-quotes.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


My system will not allow a name with quotes. I've never seen a name with
quotes. Maybe I'm misunderstanding. The script is working anyways.
Thanks!
 
Okay, thanks for that explanation. When I see a double suffix i just rename
the file anyway.
The script is working fine. Many thanks!
 
You're welcome LMO.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Okay, thanks for that explanation. When I see a double suffix i just rename
the file anyway.
The script is working fine. Many thanks!
 
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