Bowen,

There should be a check box in lower left of list box of available restore
points for "show restore points older than 5 days" .
If I select that box I have restore points back to 8/29. Is the check box
missing or just ineffective on your setup?

Michael

"Bowen" <Bowen.2wszf4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> I have a problem with System Restore only keeping restore points 5 days
> back at the most. So for example, the oldest restore point I have
> currently is from September 6, 2007. I've had this Vista x64 install
> for around a month now. I should have restore points dating back to
> about August 1st or so.
>
> I've got plenty of HD space too......around 500GB free I believe so
> that's not an issue. I don't have any viruses. I bet this is an easy
> fix, it's just that I don't know what that is. Vista is supposed to
> automatically make restore points every day doesn't it? According to
> this post at this site, Vista is supposed to save restore points for
> around 136 years. 'Vista's System Restore Points are set to delete
> after 136 years ! - Windows Vista'
> (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread82418.html)
>
> While I don't need it that long, I'd like it save them for around 6
> months to a year or even whatever the default is supposed to be. I had
> a problem with a Windows update about a month ago. I think it was a
> security update or something. Anyway, I don't know which one or why,
> but it borked my system and I couldn't even boot, not even in Safe Mode.
> So I put the Vista x64 DVD in and went to use System Restore and I
> didn't have any restore points. I had no other choice than to reinstall
> Windows. I just want to know why it's doing this and how I can stop it
> before I have to use System Restore again and I have to reinstall again.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
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> Bowen