The image is from the main "System Restore" Key.. Cfg and SnapshotCallBacks
are "System Restore" subkeys. If your registry doesn't have all the entries
shown in the image, which are entries in the SystemRestore Key, that is
what's causing the problem... you have to restore the entries or it will
never get fixed. You can download a .reg file that edits the registry with
the correct entries and data. Go to the following link and browse down to
line # 278, to download "Restore/Enable System Restore.reg" and save the
file to your HD, once it finishes downloading, right click on the file and
select "Merge". and restart the computer.
This site is run by a widely recognized MVP, so you should not expect any
adverse effect using one of her .reg edits.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Also check that the System Restore Service is enabled.
Right click on My Computer\Manage\Services and Applications\Services
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"Bob Stockler" <
[email protected]> escribió en el
mensaje In "regedit" I navigated to the "SystemRestore" folder, which contained
two
folders: "Cfg" and "SnapshotCallbacks", the latter containing only:
[ab](Default) REG_SZ
The "Cfg" folder contained:
[ab](Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
[::]DiskPercent REG_DWORD 0x0000000c (12)
[ab]MachineGuid REG_SZ
{5D527826-05BD-4A83-8416-28ACDDA-14001}
The image file you pointed me to didn't make much sense to me, but it
didn't
contain the last of the three above, and did contain a lot more entries.
I wouldn't be comfortable editing the Registry anyway.
Bob
:
Check your System Restore registry key.. to see if something there is
incorrect.
Go to Start\Run\type "regedit" (no quotes) and Enter, next browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore, and compare settings to the following
image:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8964/systemrestoresettingsqp9.jpg
If you have not scanned your system with spyware programs as
recommended,
you need to do it cause some bugs disable or prevent SR from saving
restore
points to protect themselves.
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"Bob Stockler" <
[email protected]> escribió en el
mensaje Thank you for the URL's in your second post, which made it easy for me
to
try
your suggestions - which I did with high hopes and wild anticipation.
I stopped System Restore, rebooted and restarted System Restore. Its
restart created a new Restore Point and I created another. I edited
its
monitoring to just do so on my system drive (I'd tried it before
monitoring
both my system drive and my USB connected drive, and my system drive
alone,
with no difference in its behavior), but I wanted to follow your
advice as
closely as I could.
Bad news . . . after a reboot all System Restore Points had gone
bye-bye.
Bob (who is still looking for help)
:
To change the System Restore settings: Start\Control
Panel\System\System
Restore\clear the "Disable System Restore for all drives" to disable
the
program, restart the computer and check the box to reenable the
function.
To disable SR on non-system partitions, highlight each additional
partition
and click on settings\remove the check mark. Listed partitions
should
appear as Supervised on the system partition, and disabled on
non-system
partitions. This is not usually done but in my experience it
prevents
the
system restore feature from being disabled by common system errors
when
more
than one partition are supervised, for example; when SR is disabled
due
to
not enough space in one the drive, which is usually not the case, at
least
in my own experience.
How to Enable and Disable System Restore
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264887
How to turn off and turn on System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310405
Windows XP Technical Articles
Microsoft Windows XP System Restore
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997627.aspx
Windows XP System Restore Guide
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial56.html
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"Bob Stockler" <
[email protected]> escribió en
el
mensaje On my 2.5 years old Windows XP Pro (with SP2 and all patches)
system,
all
System Restore Points that have been created dissappear after I
reboot.
I have just noticed this recently, and can not associate it with
any
changes
to my system. I have had occassion to use System Restore several
times in
the past and know (pretty sure) that rebooting previously did not
remove
Restore Points.
I've used the same the same virus protection (Symantec) since day
}} one,
and
now must remember to create a Restore Point after any reboot,
which
isn't
too
much trouble, but I'll like to get the old behavior back (just in
case I
forget).
Bob
ThinkPad G41 2886-5TU - P4M 532 - 2Gb RAM - 80Gb HDD