system restore turned off by group policy

[John Gregory]

When I try to run system restore to create a restore point, it says that
"system restore has been turned off by group policy".

How do I turn it back on? I looked in the group policy editor, but could
not find a place to turn it back on.

Any ideas?

 

[R. McCarty]

Is the computer a member of business domain or as part of a home
workgroup setup ?

 

[John Gregory]

The computer is a company computer - most likely in a workgroup. However I
do have full administrative rights to the computer. IBM T-60, Windows XP,
SP2.

The problem is that our IT department announced that they do not support
operating system or installed program backups. My computer is a laptop, that
is loaded with special software and heavily configured for these
applications. Our ITs response to any real problem is to re-image the
machine. Based upon this, I think the ability to back up the system is
important.

Our IT group is very uncooperative on this issue and is currently at odds
against management for other "non-supported" issues which management thinks
are important. People like me (low on the food chain) are left with no
alternatives than to fend for ourselves.

Is there a manual way to set a restore point? (as in the early windows days
of copying the registry file?)

 

[Bob I]

Make your own image?

The computer is a company computer - most likely in a workgroup. However I
do have full administrative rights to the computer. IBM T-60, Windows XP,
SP2.

The problem is that our IT department announced that they do not support
operating system or installed program backups. My computer is a laptop, that
is loaded with special software and heavily configured for these
applications. Our ITs response to any real problem is to re-image the
machine. Based upon this, I think the ability to back up the system is
important.

Our IT group is very uncooperative on this issue and is currently at odds
against management for other "non-supported" issues which management thinks
are important. People like me (low on the food chain) are left with no
alternatives than to fend for ourselves.

Is there a manual way to set a restore point? (as in the early windows days
of copying the registry file?)

:

 

[John Gregory]

I thought that was what system restore was supposed to be able to save the
current system state, and also a complete image. Is that not the case?

I have had trouble before trying to duplicate a hard drive, it never seems
to copy all of the critical files. even with ghosting software, the copy
always seems to have some issues. (this computer is a laptop, and the target
hard drive would be connected through a USB interface)

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I thought that was what system restore was supposed to be able to save the
current system state, and also a complete image. Is that not the case?

If by a "complete image," you mean a complete image of the drive, no,
it is not the case. It is not a backup solution in any form. It backs
up and restores the operating system only, and does nothing to backup
your data.

 

[Bob I]

Oh heavens no! Think of it as a "roll back" feature for the operating
system and registry. Look up "system restore" in Help, and then follow
the links for a mor detailed decsription.

 

[John Gregory]

OK, I read more about it. Thank you.

However, the original problem remains, how do I turn access to this back on?

Is there a registry key?

 

[Bob I]

If the system admin is turning it off by group policy, you don't have
the ability to override it.

 

[John Gregory]

OK, Thank you for your input. I guess I will have to find another way
around this.

 

[Bob I]

You're welcome, but the "System Restore" isn't the issue. You should
look into the cloning/imaging software for a solution to your "stated"
problem.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi John,

Error: Can't Access System Restore - Disabled by Group Policy - or System
Restore tab missing.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/error.html#1

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