Richard,
Thanks for your suggestion. I am also inexperienced in administering my
copy of Vista Enterprise.

I used gpedit to check on options for System Restore. In the information
related to turning the
System Restore function, It says that both options are only used in Windows
XP professional.
I have turned the Configuration Off and the System Restore off. Perhaps
this will permit me
to search successfully for Vista Restore Points. At the moment, the search
function never returns
with volumes or points and does not permit me to create one.

I think my problem has come about because of all the MS OS's I have on the
system in separate
partitions: Windows 7 RC, Windows Server Enterprise 2008 SP2; Vista
Enterprise SP2; and Windows XP Home.
I did disable search for System Restore Points on XP Home. It does not seem
to have helped.

I'll see if the Dartmouth Administrators know what to do.
Thanks again.
Ed

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
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> Your "system administrator" will be able to assist you with your
> "Enterprise" installation of Vista.
>
> You may find that System Restore has been turned off in Group Policies and
> that your corporation is using another method to backup your system.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Edward Feustel" <efeustel@hughes.net> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> My Windows Vista Enterprise has a serious problem.
>> It is unable to find, delete, or create any system restore points.
>> I have not found a way to re-initialize the system restore point process.
>> Can someone tell me how to do this?
>> TIA,
>> Ed[/color]
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