System Restore Points ? ?

[Merle]

The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc I
would like to create a system restore point just in case of a malfunction.
When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore Point
"Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is it
protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there anyway
to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is unavailable
in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

"Create" button grayed out in the System Protection dialog in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/216/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc I
would like to create a system restore point just in case of a malfunction.
When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore Point
"Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is it
protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there anyway
to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is unavailable
in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.

 

[Merle]

I deleted the value DisableConfig and restarted. Now I get the error
Access Denied 0x80070005 but the create key is NOT grayed out. Thanks for
the try and info

"Create" button grayed out in the System Protection dialog in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/216/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc I
would like to create a system restore point just in case of a malfunction.
When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore Point
"Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is it
protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there anyway
to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is unavailable
in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Merle,

What's the status of UAC in your system? If you've disabled UAC earlier, see if enabling it helps.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I deleted the value DisableConfig and restarted. Now I get the error
Access Denied 0x80070005 but the create key is NOT grayed out. Thanks for
the try and info

"Create" button grayed out in the System Protection dialog in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/216/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc I
would like to create a system restore point just in case of a malfunction.
When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore Point
"Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is it
protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there anyway
to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is unavailable
in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.

 

[Merle]

No, I haven't disabled UAC. Unlike most people a click here or there
doesn't wear me out that much. Thanks for the reply

Hi Merle,

What's the status of UAC in your system? If you've disabled UAC earlier, see
if enabling it helps.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I deleted the value DisableConfig and restarted. Now I get the error
Access Denied 0x80070005 but the create key is NOT grayed out. Thanks for
the try and info

"Create" button grayed out in the System Protection dialog in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/216/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc I
would like to create a system restore point just in case of a malfunction.
When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore Point
"Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is it
protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there anyway
to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is unavailable
in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.

 

[dean-dean]

Try the fix from this site (towards the bottom of the page), under the
heading "When trying to create a manual restore point the following error
message may be displayed - Access is Denied - 0x80070005":

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html

 

[Merle]

I tried this with the same results, Nothing.

When trying to create a manual restore point the following error message may
be displayed - Access is Denied - 0x80070005

This can be do to the System Volume Information Folder attributes being set
to Read-only.



The System Volume Information Folder is where Vista holds restore points or
shadow copies.



For Windows Vista using the NTFS File System.

Click Start then My Computer.
On the Tools menu Then Folder Options.
On the View tab, click "Show hidden files and folders".
Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box.
Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change.
Click OK.
Right-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder, and
then click Properties.
If the Read-only attibutes is checked, uncheck it and click, OK
Now try creating a restore point.
Warning: Remember to hide the hidden System Files when done.

Try the fix from this site (towards the bottom of the page), under the
heading "When trying to create a manual restore point the following error
message may be displayed - Access is Denied - 0x80070005":

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html

I deleted the value DisableConfig and restarted. Now I get the error
Access Denied 0x80070005 but the create key is NOT grayed out. Thanks
for the try and info

"Create" button grayed out in the System Protection dialog in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/216/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc
I
would like to create a system restore point just in case of a
malfunction.
When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore
Point
"Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is
it
protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there
anyway
to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is
unavailable
in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.