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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / April 2008Trying to schedule System Restore
I recently decided I wanted a more scheduled plan of System Restore Points. I'm not exactly sure why but I have 2 Toshiba laptops and they seem to make Restore Points randomly. I went to Control Panel in XP 2003 and selected Schedule a Task and went through the easy process. I have never used a password on my machine becuase it is usually at home or with me. Therefore I'm not bothered with a password. The task asks for a password so I just pressed <Enter> and <Ok> So when the task started is reported not perforemed becuase of password or account probs. I am the pc administrator. So I did a little web dectective and found there might be and issue with this scheduling and MS had a hotfix. Installed that and still the same thing. Finally I relented and added a real password to my profile and the Restore program comes up at the automatic time scheduled but is static at the opening page where you select "old point" "create a point" , etc. So I thought this would run a System Restore Point without my input?? Any helps my friends? Thanks in advance. jack Backing up with backup software is a far better idea. Almost any backup software can be be scheduled - even Microsoft's own backup utility. A restore point is not a backup and should not be confused with a backup. Restore points contain only the essential system and user files needed to make the GUI functional. The original idea was to be able to (hopefully) restore the GUI so you can use Windows built-in tools or access the internet to troubleshoot a problem. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > I recently decided I wanted a more scheduled plan of System Restore Points. > I'm not exactly sure why but I have 2 Toshiba laptops and they seem to make [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > jack I accept your point. While I have been playing with PC's since 1987 there is still a lot I don't know. However, I do understand the difference between Restore and Backup. Since I seem to play a lot with adding and deleting progams, using tips to change registry settings, which I have not blown up yet, I like to go back to a recent restore point. Today, I wanted a recent restore point and there was none for 5 days. Yet before that there was one everyday for about a week? I don't understand this. Anyway, thanks greatly.  SignatureJack da Shack > Backing up with backup software is a far better idea. Almost any backup > software can be be scheduled - even Microsoft's own backup utility. A [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > jack Windows XP automatically creates a restore point every 24 hours, and before certain system events (e.g., installing a driver.) Bert Kinney has a utility that changes the frequency that Windows XP System Restore creates automatic restore points. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srscripts.html The reason it's not easy to schedule restore points is because that's not how System Restore was designed to be used. If like to test out software or edit your registry what you really need is disk imaging software. A restore point may not be sufficient to recover your system from a failed install or uninstall. A disk image is an exact duplicate of your hard disk. It allows you to go back in time. If you have your system (Windows and programs) and data (documents, pictures, etc.) in two separate partitions, it takes a disk imaging program just minutes to image (or restore) your system partition. And disk imaging can be easily scheduled. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > I accept your point. While I have been playing with PC's since 1987 there is > still a lot I don't know. However, I do understand the difference between [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > restore point and there was none for 5 days. Yet before that there was one > everyday for about a week? I don't understand this. Anyway, thanks greatly. Jack Were you using your computer on each of the 5 days? If you didn't on any day there will not be a restore point and there will not be a need for one becaused no system changes will have taken place. It could be that something is interfering with the creation of restore points or deleting them after creation. Norton and Zone Alarm are renowned amongst other similar software that can do this. For more information read here: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html If you visit Windows Update to download and install an update this should trigger the creation of a restore point. Does it? You could bring forward the opportunity to check by downloading and installing Windows Defender. Every 2 or 3 days there is a definitions update which triggers the creation of a restore point. Otherwise the next Windows XP updates are likely to be on the 13 or 14 May. Of course the SP3 Update appears on 29 April 2008 -I may manually create a restore point on 28 April as precaution.although I shall be opting out of the update for a month or so. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx SignatureHope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I accept your point. While I have been playing with PC's since 1987 > there is still a lot I don't know. However, I do understand the [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>> >>> jack Hi jack, You can automate restore point creation using a script easily. See: How To Use the System Restore Utility with Windows Management Instrumentation in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295299 And you'd like to read this as well: How to automatically create a System Restore point upon the first boot up of the day?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/createrp.htm SignatureRegards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog I recently decided I wanted a more scheduled plan of System Restore Points. I'm not exactly sure why but I have 2 Toshiba laptops and they seem to make Restore Points randomly. I went to Control Panel in XP 2003 and selected Schedule a Task and went through the easy process. I have never used a password on my machine becuase it is usually at home or with me. Therefore I'm not bothered with a password. The task asks for a password so I just pressed <Enter> and <Ok> So when the task started is reported not perforemed becuase of password or account probs. I am the pc administrator. So I did a little web dectective and found there might be and issue with this scheduling and MS had a hotfix. Installed that and still the same thing. Finally I relented and added a real password to my profile and the Restore program comes up at the automatic time scheduled but is static at the opening page where you select "old point" "create a point" , etc. So I thought this would run a System Restore Point without my input?? Any helps my friends? Thanks in advance. jack |
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