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System restore keeps disabling
I think I've read about this in this forum, but cannot find it now - Please help
Everytime I restart my computer - System Restore is disabled again
(My computer poperties - file system). I uncheck the box, hit apply and restart the computer, as prompted, and when the system boots back up, the box (to disable) is checked again. Also, the area where you can choose how much memory to alot to System Restore is greyed out. Has anyone experienced this?
Thanks in advance
Dell 8100
256 RAM
40g HD
Windows ME
Everytime I restart my computer - System Restore is disabled again
(My computer poperties - file system). I uncheck the box, hit apply and restart the computer, as prompted, and when the system boots back up, the box (to disable) is checked again. Also, the area where you can choose how much memory to alot to System Restore is greyed out. Has anyone experienced this?
Thanks in advance
Dell 8100
256 RAM
40g HD
Windows ME
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Posted March 20th, 2002 01:00
I have 24.4 GIGs of disk space left.
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Posted March 20th, 2002 02:00
Have you been having this problem for a long time? If it's something new you can restore the registry by going here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q221512
The other thing you might try is safe mode.
I hope I've helped.
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Posted March 20th, 2002 04:00
sambadog,
This probably is the post you read and could not find;
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages/frame_message_view.asp?name=dim_other&id=zsuyi&bandwidth=fra
But we could not solve Bev's problem and she had reinstalled her operating system!
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I had this problem with Norton's Anti Virus program and it turned out I could not enable it because my Task Scheduler was not enabled. Therefore I could not schedule Norton to auto run live updates. This is a real long shot but is your Task Scheduler working?
A Long Shot
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Posted March 20th, 2002 13:00
Do you know how I could check if Task manager is working or not? I am a bit hesitant about going into the registry, I am not real experienced about this stuff. Is there another place besides disabling system restore under My Computer properties to disable or alter the system restore settings? I really appreciate the help. Thanks
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Posted March 20th, 2002 14:00
Sambadog,
You can check to see if your Task Scheduler is there by going to Start>Accessories>System Tools>Scheduled Tasks. Like I said this is a Long shot. As far as I know there is only the one place to Disable or Enable system restore.If you can not get it to work a company called Adaptec makes a great restore program called Go Back. I have used it several times and it restores your entire Hard Drive back, everything settings, programs ect. It is sold from their Roxio Div. Here;
http://www.roxio.com/en/products/goback/index.jhtml
Marvin P
XPS B800r
512MBz Ram
Windows XP (2/1/02)
&
8200 1.8G
512MBz Ram
XP
&
Truck Vanity Plate "Dell4Me" (Maine)
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Posted March 20th, 2002 00:00
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine
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IE 5.5 SP2
NAV 2001
ZoneAlarm 2.6.362
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Dial-up 56k Modem
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