Lost System restore

[Guest]

I installed the Microsoft service pack 1 but lost my internet connection. I rang my ISP and they recommended using System Restore. I did this and got my internet connection back, but now I have lost System Restore. When I open it, there is a window with the title rstrui.exe - Entry Point Not Foun
and inside the window it reads 'The procedure entry point RemoteAssistancePrepareSystemRestore could not be located in the dynamic link library WINSTA.dll. Please help thank you.

 

[Guest]

Restore is not reliable program. If you're using as a
back-up you should consider something else.


You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and
then> re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then re-boot,
turn> it back on.

And try this if the above does not work.

1. Put the in the Windows XP CD
2. Click Start , Run
3. Type the following then OK

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
C:\Windows\Inf\sr.inf


You can also open Windows Explorer, go to
C:\Windows\Inf folder and right-click sr.inf (Then
Install)

-----Original Message-----
I installed the Microsoft service pack 1 but lost my

internet connection. I rang my ISP and they recommended
using System Restore. I did this and got my internet
connection back, but now I have lost System Restore. When
I open it, there is a window with the title rstrui.exe -
Entry Point Not Found

and inside the window it reads 'The procedure entry

point RemoteAssistancePrepareSystemRestore could not be
located in the dynamic link library WINSTA.dll. Please
help thank you.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Restore is not reliable program. If you're using as a
back-up you should consider something else.

System Restore is not a cure for all problems, and is certainly
not a substitute for a backup. But it is a very useful feature,
one that has gotten me and many others out of trouble many times.

To even suggest that it *could* be used as a backup program shows
that you have no idea of what it does.

You can turn it off from Control Panel > System >

That would be a foolish thing to do.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I installed the Microsoft service pack 1 but lost my internet connection. I rang my ISP and they recommended using System Restore. I did this and got my internet connection back, but now I have lost System Restore. When I open it, there is a window with the title rstrui.exe - Entry Point Not Found
and inside the window it reads 'The procedure entry point RemoteAssistancePrepareSystemRestore could not be located in the dynamic link library WINSTA.dll.

Make sure you can see Hidden and system files, then go to
C:\Windows\Inf\sr.inf

Right click on it and take Install, to reinstall System Restore.

Once done, If it has got into trouble, it is probably sensible to clear
it out and let it start clean too. System Restore. Check 'Disable
System Restore, and OK, reboot. Now have Folder Options - View set to
show Hidden files, and *not* Hide Protected mode ones and delete
everything in the System Volume Information folder on each drive

Start SR up again, and I suggest reviewing the settings for each drive.
There is not much point having it enabled on data drives, and on ones
with System or Programs I would reduce the space allotted if more than
say 1GB - I use 500MB, the minimum is 200 which will only handle maybe a
week of points. But the default of 12% of a drive seems too much for
its own good on modern large drives