System Restore Access Denied

[dOinK]

Dear All

I turned off system restore (temporarily), to remove old files before a disk
defragmentation session. Afterwards I was not able to turn it back on, but
windows asked me to do a restart and try activating it (sys restore) again
afterwards. After the restart, the Restor tab of system properties was no
longer there(!). I then tried to start the system restore service manually
(from the services managment window), but got the message that it failed
because of access denied. I have an updated virus scanner, which tells me
the system is clean.

I would really like to turn on System Restore!

Any clues?
dOinK

PS: The permissions on my system disk might have become messed up for some
reason. When I logged on to the Administrator account, I was denied access
to the Program Files folder (!). Could this have the same reason as my
restore problem?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Did you directly access the SR folder itself and delete anything from there?
Are the options via My Computer>Properties>System Restore greyed out?

If you still can't access Programs Files - try here:

"How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| Dear All
|
| I turned off system restore (temporarily), to remove old files before a
disk
| defragmentation session. Afterwards I was not able to turn it back on, but
| windows asked me to do a restart and try activating it (sys restore) again
| afterwards. After the restart, the Restor tab of system properties was no
| longer there(!). I then tried to start the system restore service manually
| (from the services managment window), but got the message that it failed
| because of access denied. I have an updated virus scanner, which tells me
| the system is clean.
|
| I would really like to turn on System Restore!
|
| Any clues?
| dOinK
|
| PS: The permissions on my system disk might have become messed up for some
| reason. When I logged on to the Administrator account, I was denied access
| to the Program Files folder (!). Could this have the same reason as my
| restore problem?
|
|