Windows XP System Restore Problems

[Guest]

My system restore is erratic. I was having problems earlier when trying to
load Systemworks and I used System Restore to revert back to the previous day
and it worked fine. Now I need to use restore again and it tells me everytime
that there has been no changes to my computer, which I know is incorrect. Can
someone tell me what is going on?

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

There are several reasons this may occur. Let's take a look at Event
Viewer for any System Restore logs that may have been created recently
that may help us diagnosing the problem.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the
two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the two
event here. There's no need to post duplicate Event ID's.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html