Solved Are restore points not automatic anymore?

[msmisfit]

My system crashed this a.m. after a MS update installation. When I checked for a restore point, I had NONE. Even though Win7 has told me it was creating one after updates before.

Fortunately, I was able to uninstall the update and get past the black screen which told me it couldn't reach Event notification [or something] and get online.

Where should I look to see why restore points are not being created, and how do I fix it? BTW, I searched and read many messages about this, but couldn't find what I needed to know. TIA.....

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/335-system-protection-change-disk-space-usage.html

Post the relevant screenshots

 

[msmisfit]

I don't know how to post screenshots [yet], but my first problem is finding what you want to see. Every time I open up something in that area, it looks like it is going to do a restore... which is not what I want. I just want to find the settings. Yes... I'm a nervous Nellie.

Even though I have had Win7 a year now [coming from XP], I feel my knowledge of it equates to about two weeks. [Still groping to find things.] You may not want to fool with me.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I don't know how to post screenshots [yet], but my first problem is finding what you want to see. Every time I open up something in that area, it looks like it is going to do a restore... which is not what I want. I just want to find the settings. Yes... I'm a nervous Nellie.

Even though I have had Win7 a year now [coming from XP], I feel my knowledge of it equates to about two weeks. [Still groping to find things.] You may not want to fool with me.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html
You see what's shown in step 9?

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html
Do step 7 for C-drive (and any other drive you want). At least 10GB drive space

 

[msmisfit]

It shows that SysPro is ON, and that 8.11GB of my 10.00GB max. is in use. Yet I have no weekly restore points showing.

 

[Kaktussoft]

It shows that SysPro is ON, and that 8.11GB of my 10.00GB max. is in use. Yet I have no weekly restore points showing.

So it's setup as this?


Can you create a manual restore point?
System Restore Point - Create
You see what's shown in step 9?

 

[Kaktussoft]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html
No restore points shown in step 8? Cancel the process afterwards

 

[msmisfit]

I don't know how to post screenshots [yet], but my first problem is finding what you want to see. Every time I open up something in that area, it looks like it is going to do a restore... which is not what I want. I just want to find the settings. Yes... I'm a nervous Nellie.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html
You see what's shown in step 9?

9. When the restore point has finished being created, click on the Close button. (See screenshot below)

This? Yes... but I'm not sure what that's telling me. I haven't tried to create one yet.
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[msmisfit]

Thanks for all of your help... I think with all these tutorials I will be able to create a restore point when I have more time to fool with this. I really appreciate it.

Still wish I had XP back.

Forgot to say my configuration was exactly as shown in your screenshot.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I don't know how to post screenshots [yet], but my first problem is finding what you want to see. Every time I open up something in that area, it looks like it is going to do a restore... which is not what I want. I just want to find the settings. Yes... I'm a nervous Nellie.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html
You see what's shown in step 9?

9. When the restore point has finished being created, click on the Close button. (See screenshot below)

This? Yes... but I'm not sure what that's telling me. I haven't tried to create one yet.
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Just try to create a manual restore point please

 

[Kaktussoft]

BTW restore points are created when:

• You create one manually
• Software installation
• Software uninstall
• windows update installation
• You do a "system restore". So you can undo the system restore.
• Once a week if no restore point has been made last 7 days (by things described above). A scheduled task runs each day to check if this is the case. If so... it creates a restore point.