Cant adjust System Restore XP Home

[Bill Latshaw]

Hi,
Using XP Home. I would like to adjust the System Restore
file size. I have an 80 gig HD, and the System Restore
file size is set to maximum 12 (over 9 gig).
When I go to System Restore-System Restore Settings,
nothing happens. When I go to My Computer-Properties-
System Restore, The box to "Turn off System Restore" is
fades and says: (disabled by Group Policy)
When I click on Settings, it says Hard Disk (C
Monitoring, Under "Disk space usage" the slider and text
is faded, can't change.
I've tried everything short of re-installing XP Home.
I heard that there is a Group Policy Editor in XP Pro,
but not XP Home.
Thanks in advance,
Bill Latshaw - New Jersey

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Bill,

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

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Hi,
Using XP Home. I would like to adjust the System Restore
file size. I have an 80 gig HD, and the System Restore
file size is set to maximum 12 (over 9 gig).
When I go to System Restore-System Restore Settings,
nothing happens. When I go to My Computer-Properties-
System Restore, The box to "Turn off System Restore" is
fades and says: (disabled by Group Policy)
When I click on Settings, it says Hard Disk (C
Monitoring, Under "Disk space usage" the slider and text
is faded, can't change.
I've tried everything short of re-installing XP Home.
I heard that there is a Group Policy Editor in XP Pro,
but not XP Home.
Thanks in advance,
Bill Latshaw - New Jersey

 

[Bill Latshaw]

Thanks Ramesh. I edited the registry and it worked.
Thanks again.
Bill Latshaw

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

YW Bill. Glad to be of assistance.

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

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Thanks Ramesh. I edited the registry and it worked.
Thanks again.
Bill Latshaw