Turn Off System Restore in Windows XP
System Restore is a feature in Windows XP that allows you to undo harmful changes made to your computer by returning it to a moment in the past when everything worked just fine. To my mind, System Restore is one of the simplest ways of fixing problems affecting your operating system. It may not always yield the results you expected (sometimes it does not work), but it is one of the simplest ways of getting Windows to work properly again.
So if System Restore is so helpful, why would you want to turn it off? Normally you wouldn’t. But when your system has been compromised and you need to run a virus or Trojan removal tool, you might need to turn off System Restore. There is one other reason why you might want to turn off System Restore: if you never use it, it is needlessly eating up computer resources.
Here is what you have to do to turn off System Restore:
Step 1. Minimize all open windows and running applications. Better yet, close all open windows and shut down all running applications. Right click on My Computer -> in the dropdown menu select Properties.
Alternatively you can click Start -> Settings (only for Classic Start Menu) -> Control Panel. In Category View click Performance and maintenance -> System. In Classic View just click System.
Step 2. In the System Properties window that pops up click the System Restore tab.
Step 3. Check the box next to Turn Off System Restore on all drives.
Step 4. Click Apply -> click Yes when presented with this message: “You have chosen to turn off System Restore. If you continue, all existing restore points will be deleted, and you will bot be able to track or undo changes to your computer. Do you want to turn off System Restore?"
Step 5. Click Ok and you’re done.
Tips and warnings
Follow the same steps to turn System Restore back on. When you get to step 3 uncheck the box next to Turn Off System restore on all drives.
You might also want to check out these other tutorials:
How To Restore Your Computer to a Previous Moment in Time
How To Create a System Restore Point
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, XP, System Restore
So if System Restore is so helpful, why would you want to turn it off? Normally you wouldn’t. But when your system has been compromised and you need to run a virus or Trojan removal tool, you might need to turn off System Restore. There is one other reason why you might want to turn off System Restore: if you never use it, it is needlessly eating up computer resources.
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Here is what you have to do to turn off System Restore:
Step 1. Minimize all open windows and running applications. Better yet, close all open windows and shut down all running applications. Right click on My Computer -> in the dropdown menu select Properties.
Alternatively you can click Start -> Settings (only for Classic Start Menu) -> Control Panel. In Category View click Performance and maintenance -> System. In Classic View just click System.
Step 2. In the System Properties window that pops up click the System Restore tab.
Step 3. Check the box next to Turn Off System Restore on all drives.
Step 4. Click Apply -> click Yes when presented with this message: “You have chosen to turn off System Restore. If you continue, all existing restore points will be deleted, and you will bot be able to track or undo changes to your computer. Do you want to turn off System Restore?"
Step 5. Click Ok and you’re done.
Tips and warnings
Follow the same steps to turn System Restore back on. When you get to step 3 uncheck the box next to Turn Off System restore on all drives.
You might also want to check out these other tutorials:
How To Restore Your Computer to a Previous Moment in Time
How To Create a System Restore Point
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, XP, System Restore
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