System restore point windows vista

Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Another cause of missing restore points is a problem with the task scheduler. Before you start troubleshooting this issue, click the Start button, then type Services.

Check to make sure that Volume Shadow Services is running. Run Task Scheduler. Click the Start button, then type Task Scheduler and press Enter. In the top pane click the entry named SR. In the bottom pane, click the History tab to see any System Restore tasks, warnings and errors that have been recorded.

Right click the SR file, select Properties and then click the Triggers tab. Click a trigger, then click Edit. Change the trigger so that it creates a restore point automatically when you want it to be created.

For example, you could edit the trigger set for am daily to another time of day when the computer will be running. Click the Conditions tab. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Steve Winograd. Some security programs prevent changes to their files and have to be configured to allow System Restore to work. How satisfied are you with this reply?

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