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Old 02-21-2007, 03:46 PM
lhs
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System Restore- cannot create points

Using XP Prof and in my System Properties>System Restore - it says its
monitoring and yet when I go to start>accessories>system tools>system Restore
- this message will appears
"System Restore is not able to protect your pc. Please restart your pc and
then run System Restore again " with an "ok" button. When I click ok and
restart the pc. the same thing happen again.
What must I do so that I can create restore points. Thanks for your advice
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Old 02-21-2007, 05:16 PM
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Re: System Restore- cannot create points

Just about everything you ever wanted to know about System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/

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"lhs" <lhs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Using XP Prof and in my System Properties>System Restore - it says its
| monitoring and yet when I go to start>accessories>system tools>system
Restore
| - this message will appears
| "System Restore is not able to protect your pc. Please restart your pc and
| then run System Restore again " with an "ok" button. When I click ok and
| restart the pc. the same thing happen again.
| What must I do so that I can create restore points. Thanks for your advice


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Old 02-21-2007, 05:46 PM
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Re: System Restore- cannot create points

lhs wrote:
> Using XP Prof and in my System Properties>System Restore - it says its
> monitoring and yet when I go to start>accessories>system tools>system Restore
> - this message will appears
> "System Restore is not able to protect your pc. Please restart your pc and
> then run System Restore again " with an "ok" button. When I click ok and
> restart the pc. the same thing happen again.
> What must I do so that I can create restore points. Thanks for your advice


See "Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302796).

System Restore fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

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Old 02-25-2007, 11:31 AM
Bert Kinney
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Re: System Restore- cannot create points

Have you tried accessing System Restore from Safe Mode?

All About System Restore in WinXP:
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
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lhs wrote:
> Using XP Prof and in my System Properties>System Restore - it says its
> monitoring and yet when I go to start>accessories>system tools>system Restore
> - this message will appears
> "System Restore is not able to protect your pc. Please restart your pc and
> then run System Restore again " with an "ok" button. When I click ok and
> restart the pc. the same thing happen again.
> What must I do so that I can create restore points. Thanks for your advice

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Old 02-26-2007, 06:30 AM
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Re: System Restore- cannot create points

Tried all the various methods, still it does not work, not even in Safe mode.
Many thanks for al your suggestions.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Have you tried accessing System Restore from Safe Mode?
>
> All About System Restore in WinXP:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
> Member: http://dts-l.org
>
>
> lhs wrote:
> > Using XP Prof and in my System Properties>System Restore - it says its
> > monitoring and yet when I go to start>accessories>system tools>system Restore
> > - this message will appears
> > "System Restore is not able to protect your pc. Please restart your pc and
> > then run System Restore again " with an "ok" button. When I click ok and
> > restart the pc. the same thing happen again.
> > What must I do so that I can create restore points. Thanks for your advice

>

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Old 02-26-2007, 07:45 AM
Bert Kinney
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Re: System Restore- cannot create points

Then I would suggest reinstalling System Restore.

Tips Fixes & FAQs - How do I reinstall System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#ReinstallSR

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
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lhs wrote:
> Tried all the various methods, still it does not work, not even in Safe mode.
> Many thanks for al your suggestions.
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried accessing System Restore from Safe Mode?
>>
>> All About System Restore in WinXP:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>> Member: http://dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> lhs wrote:
>>> Using XP Prof and in my System Properties>System Restore - it says its
>>> monitoring and yet when I go to start>accessories>system tools>system Restore
>>> - this message will appears
>>> "System Restore is not able to protect your pc. Please restart your pc and
>>> then run System Restore again " with an "ok" button. When I click ok and
>>> restart the pc. the same thing happen again.
>>> What must I do so that I can create restore points. Thanks for your advice

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