Re: Restore Point

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Hi Nightowl,

Yes, the time interval that restore points are automatically created
can be changed via a registry setting, but it's a bad idea. She also
has over 4.5 GB's of space to hold restore points. That's to big. I
have suggested she reduce it to around 1 GB. Having more than two
weeks of restore points is kinda useless.

ERUNT is a good product. I wonder what she is using to backup the
registry!

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

Nightowl wrote:
> I don't believe you can do that, and as Bert said, it
> wouldn't really be a good idea anyway. If you want the
> computer to keep the restore point you make yourself for
> longer, you need to allocate more disk space for System
> Restore -- right-click My Computer > Properties > System
> Restore. But again, going back to a restore point made
> weeks ago could give you more problems than it solves.
> If you are mainly concerned about being able to restore
> your Registry, I think you might like an excellent free
> program called ERUNT, available here:
> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
>
> It backs up and if necessary restores the Registry for
> you. You can set it to run, for example, every day when
> you start up, and tell it how long to keep the files; I
> have mine set for 7 days. Or you can run it manually
> before installing a program, then if you decide you don't
> like the new app, uninstall and restore your registry to
> be sure you've got rid of all traces. It works very well
> and I can really recommend it.
> If you'd like to try it and have any problems setting it
> up, please feel free to email me and I'll be glad to help.
>
> Best wishes,


.

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