Help! System Restore not available!

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Hi,

Go to Start - Run and type regedit then press enter.

Navigate to the following registry Key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
NT\SystemRestore

In the right pane, right click on each of these Value Keys and select
delete.

"DisableSR"

"DisableConfig"

Close Regedit. Right click on My Computer and select the System
Restore tab. A reboot may be necessary.

If the above doesn't fix the issue, there's a registry edit at Kelly's
Korner.

Look on line 278 left side.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Note: There is a good possibility this was caused by malware/virus
infection. Click here for cleanup instructions.

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

ptjs1 wrote:
> I seem to have lost the ability to System Restore. It
> comes with the error message "System Restore has been
> turned off by group policy......"
> When I try and go into Group policy settings it comes
> with error window of Microsoft Management Console saying
> "Snap-in failed to initialize......" I've tried
> resinstalling sr.inf and have apparently completed it,
> although my PC supplier haven't given me a XP disc, so I
> had to try and find all the original files. Anyway, it
> hasn't soreted the problem. Anyone any idea how I can
> get the Group Policy resinstalled without an XP disc and
> then get my System Restore to work? Tks