restore points

G

Guest

How can I have restore points automatically created dialy or weekly or
whatever time period seems appropriate? I needed to do a retstore and the 1
day available did not work. An earlier one or several earlier ones could have
been just as useful.
 
R

Raoul

You don't by any chance have Norton Antivirus installed do you? There's a
known problem with system restore if you do.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

How can I have restore points automatically created dialy or weekly or
whatever time period seems appropriate? I needed to do a retstore and the 1
day available did not work. An earlier one or several earlier ones could have
been just as useful.
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Restore points are normally created every day. If that is not
occurring, something is wrong.

Read here: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
 
R

Raoul

Well Ken, JJ is not the only one. I have to force a restore point to be
created as it is rare that Windows creates one on its own.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Well Ken, JJ is not the only one. I have to force a restore point to be
created as it is rare that Windows creates one on its own.
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I didn't mean to suggest that he was the only one. Yes, I've seen
other reports of this.

But if that's the case, something *is* wrong, and you should find out
what's wrong and fix it, not just work around it by forcing Restore
Points.

Take a look at Bert Kinney's site I provided the URL for below.


 
B

Bert Kinney

Hi JJ,

Let's see if System Restore will function in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode and perform a test restore using the following link.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3

How to starting Windows XP in Safe Mode:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

If there are any Norton applications installed, take a look at this page.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Here are some more troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails
to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors.
Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html


As for the missing restore point, take a look at the following page.
Troubleshooting missing restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org
 
U

Uncle Grumpy

Raoul said:
Well Ken, JJ is not the only one. I have to force a restore point to be
created as it is rare that Windows creates one on its own.
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Mine has created one a day from DAY ONE (Oct. 2001).

I leave my computer on 24x7
 

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