System restore fails

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For the past couple of months system restore has been failing. I get the
helpful message that my 'computer cannot be restored' to the selected time.
There are some 10 restore points available and none seem to work. I have
Win XP Pro sp3 fully updated. I have attempted a clean boot but always
encounter the error 'access denied' when trying to disable or enable
services.
 
For the past couple of months system restore has been failing. I get the
helpful message that my 'computer cannot be restored' to the selected time.
There are some 10 restore points available and none seem to work. I have
Win XP Pro sp3 fully updated. I have attempted a clean boot but always
encounter the error 'access denied' when trying to disable or enable
services. I have run sfc /scannow with no change.

Any help gratefully received. John.
 
Machinist60 said:
For the past couple of months system restore has been failing. I get
the helpful message that my 'computer cannot be restored' to the
selected time. There are some 10 restore points available and none
seem to work. I have Win XP Pro sp3 fully updated. I have attempted
a clean boot but always encounter the error 'access denied' when
trying to disable or enable services. I have run sfc /scannow with
no change.
Any help gratefully received. John.
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Not using Norton Internet Security by any chance are you?
 
Machinist60 said:
For the past couple of months system restore has been failing. I get
the helpful message that my 'computer cannot be restored' to the
selected time. There are some 10 restore points available and none
seem to work. I have Win XP Pro sp3 fully updated. I have attempted
a clean boot but always encounter the error 'access denied' when
trying to disable or enable services.
Click to expand...

Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html
 
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