system restore at startup

[Jeff]

Every time my computer starts, I get a message telling me that my computer
cannot be restored to an earlier date, as the restore was interrupted by an
incorrect shutdown. It was trying to retore to the January 11th restore
point. I turned off system restore and re-booted, and the same message
appeared in respect of the Jan 28th restore point.

I had not tried to restore to an earlier date, and don't understand why the
sytem is trying to do so. The only change I have made is to upgrade my
version of MSOffice to OfficeXP.

If I cancel these messages at startup, the machine runs up normally and
behaves perfectly well.

How can I stop the machine trying to access a restore point at startup - and
why might it be happening?
Thanks
Jeff

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jeff,

Once System Restore goes bad, the only thing you can do is stop it and
restart it. Start/run services.msc, locate the SR service and doubleclick
it. Click the stop button, then set the startup type dropdown to disabled.
Click apply/ok, then reboot.

Then, check the "System Volume Information folder" on each drive (you may
need to set folder options/view tab to see hidden and system folders for
this) and delete any contents. Reverse the steps to restart it.

Be forewarned that doing this removes all existing restore points, but it
doesn't really matter as they weren't working anyways.

If this does not help, follow these steps to reinstall System Restore:

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, set it to "Show hidden
files and folders" and "Show the contents of system folders", then uncheck
"Hide protected operating system files [recommended]". Also uncheck "Hide
extensions for known file types".

Then, open Windows Explorer from Start/All Programs and go to the
C:\Windows\Inf folder. Locate the sr.inf file, right-click it and choose
install.

You may need to either insert your WinXP CD or know where your I386 folder
is located on the hard drive. You may also need to know where the
\ServicePackFiles folder is (usually under the Windows directory).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org