On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:06:09 -0500, Bowen
<Bowen.2wszf4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote:
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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?[/color]
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> 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.[/color]




Others have already told you about the "Show Restore points older than
5 days" setting. I wanted to add one comment: reverting to a restore
point more than a week or two old is likely to cause other problems,
getting other files out of synch with the registry. For that reason,
there's no real value to having restore anywhere near as old as six
months to a year.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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