Need help with System Restore

[Guest]

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On my machine, System Restore will not hold a restore point for more than an
hour or two. The 'point' just disappears. Is there someone out there that
knows of this problem and has a fix? I know a lot of people don't use
and/or like System Restore - but, if it worked all the time, it can come in
handy and I'd like to get it to work. Thanks........

 

[brianc]

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You haven't given it enough space. Start/Right click my computer, choose
properties. system restore, select the drive and click settings. Increase
the slider by taking it to the right.
"+++Bobby "O"+++" <rmo555@cox.net> wrote in message
news:xI6He.54301$rb6.52688@lakeread07...
> On my machine, System Restore will not hold a restore point for more than
> an hour or two. The 'point' just disappears. Is there someone out there
> that knows of this problem and has a fix? I know a lot of people don't
> use and/or like System Restore - but, if it worked all the time, it can
> come in handy and I'd like to get it to work. Thanks........
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP.

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. This will help us in diagnosing the problem.
System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html
System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

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


+++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:
> On my machine, System Restore will not hold a restore
> point for more than an hour or two. The 'point' just
> disappears. Is there someone out there that knows of
> this problem and has a fix? I know a lot of people don't
> use and/or like System Restore - but, if it worked all
> the time, it can come in handy and I'd like to get it to
> work. Thanks........

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Not the problem - the slider is all the way to the right.


"BrianC" <no@no.com> wrote in message
news:eCYaSzelFHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> You haven't given it enough space. Start/Right click my computer, choose
> properties. system restore, select the drive and click settings. Increase
> the slider by taking it to the right.
> "+++Bobby "O"+++" <rmo555@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:xI6He.54301$rb6.52688@lakeread07...
>> On my machine, System Restore will not hold a restore point for more than
>> an hour or two. The 'point' just disappears. Is there someone out there
>> that knows of this problem and has a fix? I know a lot of people don't
>> use and/or like System Restore - but, if it worked all the time, it can
>> come in handy and I'd like to get it to work. Thanks........
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Funny thing - but this time when I went to try a "test" system restore,
there was a restore point for quite a few days labeled "Software
Distribution Service 2.0." Any idea what this is and what to do about
getting rid of it?


"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23$ns8bflFHA.1412@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP.
>
> 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.
> This will help us in diagnosing the problem.
> System Restore Failures to restore:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html
> System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
> +++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:
>> On my machine, System Restore will not hold a restore
>> point for more than an hour or two. The 'point' just
>> disappears. Is there someone out there that knows of
>> this problem and has a fix? I know a lot of people don't
>> use and/or like System Restore - but, if it worked all
>> the time, it can come in handy and I'd like to get it to
>> work. Thanks........
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

This restore point was created as a result of running Windows Update or MS Office Update.
Individual restore points can not be deleted.

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


+++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:
> Funny thing - but this time when I went to try a "test"
> system restore, there was a restore point for quite a few
> days labeled "Software Distribution Service 2.0." Any
> idea what this is and what to do about getting rid of it?
>
>
> "Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23$ns8bflFHA.1412@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in
>> Windows XP. 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.
>> This will help us in diagnosing the problem. System Restore Failures to restore:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html
>> System Restore fails to create an automatic restore
>> point: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> +++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:
>>> On my machine, System Restore will not hold a restore
>>> point for more than an hour or two. The 'point' just
>>> disappears. Is there someone out there that knows of
>>> this problem and has a fix? I know a lot of people
>>> don't use and/or like System Restore - but, if it
>>> worked all the time, it can come in handy and I'd like
>>> to get it to work. Thanks........