system restore

any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that happen due to the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great loss unless you knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point will be created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then. Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can really eat a HD up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of 2.2Gb worth of both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

There are a number of possible reasons for this - the most common are

1) you have disabled the '*statemgr' entry in MSCONFIG
2) you have less than 400MB freespace on the C: drive
3) you have GoBack installed (not sure about 'secondchance', but it may
automatically disable System restore for a number of good reasons)

Check the above in that order, then post back with your findings

--
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"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

Where is this "_Restore\Temp folder"? I want to delete the restore points as well.

Thank you-
DD
"Alphonse" wrote in message ...
I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that happen due to the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great loss unless you knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point will be created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then. Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can really eat a HD up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of 2.2Gb worth of both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

I reduced the amount of space it uses in the hope that this
solves the problem and i will never use Second-chance
again in case it is causing the fault!!!!
thanks
Grayman

-----Original Message-----
I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that
happen due to the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great
loss unless you knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this
is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point
will be created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then.
Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can
really eat a HD up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of
2.2Gb worth of both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in
message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman


.

Demetri
if you want to delete the restore points, this begs the question of
'Why??' - they may be the only thing between you and a total reinstall of
the OS!

post back with your reasoning, and someone will respond with either a better
suggestion, or the instructions.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message
...
Where is this "_Restore\Temp folder"? I want to delete the restore points as
well.

Thank you-
DD
"Alphonse" wrote in message
...
I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that happen due to the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great loss unless you
knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point will be created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then. Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can really eat a HD up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of 2.2Gb worth of
both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

I do not think I should have to explain myself for my reasons. I simply want an answer to a question. If you do not want to help without prying into my business, so be it.

DD
"Noel Paton" wrote in message ...
Demetri
if you want to delete the restore points, this begs the question of
'Why??' - they may be the only thing between you and a total reinstall of
the OS!

post back with your reasoning, and someone will respond with either a better
suggestion, or the instructions.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message
...
Where is this "_Restore\Temp folder"? I want to delete the restore points as
well.

Thank you-
DD
"Alphonse" wrote in message
...
I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that happen due to the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great loss unless you
knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point will be created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then. Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can really eat a HD up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of 2.2Gb worth of
both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

I found the information I wanted. I should have done the research prior to asking. My mistake.

Thank you for nothing.
DD
"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message ...
I do not think I should have to explain myself for my reasons. I simply want an answer to a question. If you do not want to help without prying into my business, so be it.

DD
"Noel Paton" wrote in message ...
Demetri
if you want to delete the restore points, this begs the question of
'Why??' - they may be the only thing between you and a total reinstall of
the OS!

post back with your reasoning, and someone will respond with either a better
suggestion, or the instructions.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message
...
Where is this "_Restore\Temp folder"? I want to delete the restore points as
well.

Thank you-
DD
"Alphonse" wrote in message
...
I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that happen due to the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great loss unless you
knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point will be created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then. Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can really eat a HD up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of 2.2Gb worth of
both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman

Well, you could always have done that before - so at least you learnt
something!



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message
...
I found the information I wanted. I should have done the research prior to
asking. My mistake.

Thank you for nothing.
DD
"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message
...
I do not think I should have to explain myself for my reasons. I simply
want an answer to a question. If you do not want to help without prying into
my business, so be it.

DD
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Demetri
if you want to delete the restore points, this begs the question of
'Why??' - they may be the only thing between you and a total reinstall
of
the OS!

post back with your reasoning, and someone will respond with either a
better
suggestion, or the instructions.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Demetri Dempsey" wrote in message
...
Where is this "_Restore\Temp folder"? I want to delete the restore
points as
well.

Thank you-
DD
"Alphonse" wrote in message
...
I'm not saying that this is your case, but I saw that happen due to
the
Netsky virus.

Having lost all your restore points is not such a great loss unless
you
knew
exactly when your system was working correctly... if this is the only
glitch, soon after it is corrected another restore point will be
created.
Basically, just pray that you don't NEED it before then. Besides,
System-Restore points in Me (not the case in XP) can really eat a HD
up,
along with the _Restore\Temp folder... just got rid of 2.2Gb worth of
both,
and not the only PC where I've seen this behavior.

"grayman" wrote in message
...
any ideas why system-restore shuts itself off?
ie: the box is checked in troubleshooting tab
I had second-chance installed but it stopped working so
i decided to uninstall it and when i checked the
System-restore function it was not working!
All restore points lost!!!!
Would the two programes be connected via the space
allocated to both?
thanks to all
grayman