System Restore Dates

My System Restore is enabled, however, when I try to
create a Restore Date, I get an error message telling
me "System Resore cannot create a restore date, Please
restart your computer" I have also noticed that no
automatic restore dates are being created. Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks!!

Jan,

If you are unable to create a manual checkpoint then it is not really
surprising that the system cannot create an automatic checkpoint since they
both use the same mechanism.

First, check that you don't have a wininit.ini file. If you do, rename this
to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works then you possibly have
a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time you boot your system. One
known example is tgcmd.exe from the late lamented @Home another is a program
called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I understand that disabling it
in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your system but enable
you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED needs to be "switched off"
whilst using SR to either create or restore to a previous checkpoint.
McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new wininit.ini file each time the
system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 - "Error Message: System Restore
Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092).

If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that the system will re-boot
so don't have any applications open when doing this. I suggest this because
the same message is also displayed when the registry has been corrupted in
some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage.

Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and allow you to create a
manual check point.

Finally you may want to carry out a quick test of system restore to check that
all is now OK;
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Jan wrote:

My System Restore is enabled, however, when I try to
create a Restore Date, I get an error message telling
me "System Resore cannot create a restore date, Please
restart your computer" I have also noticed that no
automatic restore dates are being created. Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks!!

Mike,
Thanks for your help...........System Restore is now
working. I followed your instructions, I did not have a
wininit.ini file, but did do the ScanReg/Fix. Your help
was much appreciated. Jan
-----Original Message-----
Jan,

If you are unable to create a manual checkpoint then it
is not really
surprising that the system cannot create an automatic
checkpoint since they
both use the same mechanism.

First, check that you don't have a wininit.ini file. If
you do, rename this
to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works
then you possibly have
a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time you
boot your system. One
known example is tgcmd.exe from the late lamented @Home
another is a program
called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I
understand that disabling it
in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your
system but enable
you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED needs
to be "switched off"
whilst using SR to either create or restore to a previous
checkpoint.
McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new
wininit.ini file each time the
system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 - "Error
Message: System Restore
Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092).

If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that
the system will re-boot
so don't have any applications open when doing this. I
suggest this because
the same message is also displayed when the registry has
been corrupted in
some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage.

Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and
allow you to create a
manual check point.

Finally you may want to carry out a quick test of system
restore to check that
all is now OK;
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error
messages?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Jan wrote:

My System Restore is enabled, however, when I try to
create a Restore Date, I get an error message telling
me "System Resore cannot create a restore date, Please
restart your computer" I have also noticed that no
automatic restore dates are being created. Any help
would
be appreciated. Thanks!!


.

Mike,
Thanks for your help...........System Restore is now
working. I followed your instructions, I did not have a
wininit.ini file, but did do the ScanReg/Fix. Your help
was much appreciated. Jan
-----Original Message-----
Jan,

If you are unable to create a manual checkpoint then it
is not really
surprising that the system cannot create an automatic
checkpoint since they
both use the same mechanism.

First, check that you don't have a wininit.ini file. If
you do, rename this
to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works
then you possibly have
a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time you
boot your system. One
known example is tgcmd.exe from the late lamented @Home
another is a program
called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I
understand that disabling it
in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your
system but enable
you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED needs
to be "switched off"
whilst using SR to either create or restore to a previous
checkpoint.
McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new
wininit.ini file each time the
system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 - "Error
Message: System Restore
Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092).

If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that
the system will re-boot
so don't have any applications open when doing this. I
suggest this because
the same message is also displayed when the registry has
been corrupted in
some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage.

Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and
allow you to create a
manual check point.

Finally you may want to carry out a quick test of system
restore to check that
all is now OK;
a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
b) Create a manual checkpoint
c) Delete the shortcut
d) Restore you PC to the checkpoint you created.
Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error
messages?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Jan wrote:

My System Restore is enabled, however, when I try to
create a Restore Date, I get an error message telling
me "System Resore cannot create a restore date, Please
restart your computer" I have also noticed that no
automatic restore dates are being created. Any help
would
be appreciated. Thanks!!


.

Thanks for the feedback Jan,

I'm pleased to read that system restore is now working as it should,

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP




wrote:

Mike,
Thanks for your help...........System Restore is now
working. I followed your instructions, I did not have a
wininit.ini file, but did do the ScanReg/Fix. Your help
was much appreciated. Jan