hi..about a month or so ago I noticed that system restore would suddenly delete any restore points that I had set ot the system had automatically...I tried setting a schedule (at long-on, at start up etc) but it would collect about 5 -6 points and then delete them all...I checked to see if I had adequate disk space under settings in system properties...there is plenty...my drive C has less than 1/4 of its space used (71GB with 53.8 free)...I disabled the monitoring of the F and G drives which were on the list...I checked your info sites.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301224 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299904/ I have checked everything out including various message boards but have found no answer...any ideas why my system restore has decided to stop working?...as I said...I can get it to collect 5 or 6days in a row and then it will just delete them and I am starting all over again...I have run system scans with norton, trend micro, counter spy, adaware, spy-bot and several online security sites which will scan your computer for viruses, trojans, etc...all I can think of is either something has gotten into my system and destroyed all system restore points before it loaded itself (but then why would it keep removing new restore points after it got in) or there is a bug which had developed in the system restore program itself...is there any way of downloading and reinstalling just the system restore program in XP?...thanks for your help or suggestions....I am using Windows XP home Ver5.1 (Build2600.xpsp_sp2-gdr050301-1519...Vin