System Restore (XP SP1)

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I’ve somehow turned off system restore. Get this message when I try to access it:

System Restore has been turned off by group policy. To turn on System Restore, contact your domain Administrator.

But can’t seem to find what setting I need to turn back on. Any ideas, pointers?

Thanks…

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Hi, WJ ~

Please do this:

• Right-click ‘My Computer‘ > ‘Properties‘ > ‘System Restore‘ tab
• Assuming you have just the root drive ‘C:‘, make sure a checkmark is not present in the box next to ‘Turn off System Restore on all drives‘
• If you have more than one drive present below ‘Available drives:‘, select a drive, then click the ‘Settings‘ button and check to see if there is a checkmark in the box next to ‘Turn off System Restore‘ on this drive.[/list]

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As long as the subject has been brought up – how does one restore the system if things go wrong? My system restore is turned on. Thanks.

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I found the answer in another thread. That assumes the computer will start and run enough to get to the system restore shortcut.

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No, that isn’t it. I don’t have a System Restore tab on the System Properties window.

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Are you sure you have “Admin permissions” if NOT that may be your problem.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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Hi, WJ ~

“No, that isn’t it.”?? You do have a ‘System Restore’ tab in the ‘System Properties’ window, but you will not see it if you are signed in under an account with limited privileges.

If you would, please, post your resolution here in the thread you started so other Loungers in a similar predicament may benefit.

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‘”No, that isn’t it.”?? You do have a ‘System Restore’ tab in the ‘System Properties’ window, but you will not see it if you are signed in under an account with limited privileges.’

No, as I said, that wasn’t it. There wasn’t any System Restore tab, period. And I do have full admin privleges.

Joeperez pointed me to the right area with “Try running gpedit.msc. The system restore controls are under Computer configuration | Administrative templates | System | System restore”.

In looking at the two settings there, I had ENABLED them at some point in the past, which one would think should have meant that System Restore would work. However, this is Microsoft we’re dealing with, sigh. Read the text in the capture below. To me, it’s like something out of Alice in Wonderland.

I returned the settings of these 2 parms to NOT CONFIGURED, then rebooted. The System Restore tab is now visible and I can control it.

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Don’t despair – I believe Babel Fish is planning a winspeak to english module

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Try running gpedit.msc. The system restore controls are under Computer configuration | Administrative templates | System | System restore.

Joe

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