System Restore - Group Policy

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Steve Pine

Control of System Restore function has been disabled by "Group Policy".
How do regain control?
 
Hi Steve Pine,

Go to Start>Run, key in gpedit.msc and hit ENTER. Under Computer
Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand System, then click on
the System Restore folder. In the right-hand pane, double-click on Turn off
Configuration and, under the Setting tab, click in the radio button beside
Not Configured. Click on Apply then OK.


Regards,
 
Hi Steve,

Undo the changes using Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc)

-or-

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore

In the right-pane, delete the value "DisableConfig".
Close Registry Editor
Close and re-open the System Restore properties page.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

Control of System Restore function has been disabled by "Group Policy".
How do regain control?
 
My OEM copy of XP Home does not have a gpedit.msc file.
When I go to System Properties - System Restore, I have a greyed out box
with a greyed out message that says "Turn off System Restore (disabled
by Group Policy)"
Thanks
 
"The information in this article applies to:
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
I'm running XP Home OEM. See my 1:40 PM message.
 
FYI, Group Policy Editor is available only in XP Professional.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

My OEM copy of XP Home does not have a gpedit.msc file.
When I go to System Properties - System Restore, I have a greyed out box
with a greyed out message that says "Turn off System Restore (disabled
by Group Policy)"
Thanks
 
Rstrui.exe is what loads your Restore points . Read this & see if you have
it set up correctly .

1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for known file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type: " %windir%\inf " (Without quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file " sr.inf ". Right-click it and then click Install.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| "The information in this article applies to:
| a.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
| I'm running XP Home OEM. See my 1:40 PM message.
 
I have also recently noticed this problem with my Windows XP system, This computer is not part of a windows domain and so should not be subject to any group policies (only local computer policies should apply), however In the local computer policy snap-in there are no options for system restore.

Is there any particular program that could have caused this? I have Norton Internet security 2006 installed if anyone has any ideas.

Ian Dennis
 
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