Re: Can't re-enable system restore.

Hi Bert,

I appreciate your reply. I know there are not any spyware or viruses on
this system as we have just reloaded it recently and, to double-check, I also
took the HD out and hooked it up to our tech PC and ran a scan on it, no
viruses. I have ran an updated spybot search with beta detections as well as
a hijack this search and everything is normal on that end. I did look at the
event viewer as you suggested and there isn't anything error or not that I
saw relating to the system-restore. I can tell you that the system is
running zone-alarm pro here, but does not seem to be a problem there as it is
the same if I completely disable it. Anyway, Any other thoughts would be
great. I think a registry hack somewhere would help, but I have no clue
where to find it in the reg. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.

Dave

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> If I understand the question correctly, System Restore is turned off,
> and when you try to enable it, (turn it back on via the System Restore
> interface) it will not enable.
>
> First you should rule out virus/malware infection.
> Virus and Spyware removal and prevention.
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/body_spyware.html
>
> You will also want to take a look at Event Viewer for any errors, and
> report back with the findings.
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> Dave wrote:
> > Here is my issue. I have Windows XP Home and for some
> > odd reason I think one of my programs I have installed
> > locked my system restore from turning off (it's stuck in
> > the off mode). I want to re-enable it but can't get it
> > done. When I click the checkmark off that is by "turn off
> > system restore" and the click 'apply' it give me a
> > message that says it can't be enabled and that I should
> > restart the PC and try again, but no matter what I do the
> > same message appears. I can go into services.msc and try
> > and manually start system restore, but that doesn't work,
> > either. It says the service started but immediately
> > stopped again. Is there any registry fix I can perform
> > on this? Thanks for your time.
> >
> > Dave
>
>
>
.

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