System Restore Not Working: Unable To Make A Restore Point
Apr 11, 2008
I have a recent problem installing Windows updates on Vista Ultimate as the update process stays on 'creating restore point' forever. I've let it run as long as 7 hours in this state, with no change. It looks like the system is unable to make a restore point sucessfully. I know it has worked in the past, as I'm fairly up-to-date on Windows updates. Reading some other threads, I've tried using Disk Clean-up to remove all by the most recent restore points, and then try to disable/re-enable system restore - this part without success. When I check the system properties for System Restore, the System Restore button is greyed out. I've attached a screenshot of the screen for reference. I've checked the group policies to verify the System Restore is not disabled there.
when i tried to create a restore point an error message is being displayed. it says " could not create the scheduled task for the following reason task image is corrupt or has been tampered with (0x80041321)" what does it mean. i am running on vista ultimate x64
pc config dual core 2.8(intel) intel 965board 80gb hdd
what i did was under system properties page, i clicked system protection tab on the left side checked the boxes( all system drives ie hard disk drives) and clicked apply then the message i described was popping out and when clicked create also the same message is being displayed.
Vista 64bit has been running really well on my desktop after a clean install in March. Suddenly, Windows update is failing to install, because it can't create a systen restore point. When I try to create one in System Restore, manually, it fails also, citing the shadow file timeout, or some such.....I am worried, because I can't use backup, either! Anyone know what's going on?
In the "task scheduler" the default setting is for "12:00am each day" and the second "trigger" is "upon comuter startup".These are in place and marked as "enabled" yet a "system restore point"is not automatically being created.The event log reads as follows:
Task Scheduler could not launch task "MicrosoftWindowsSystemRestoreSR" as scheduled. Instance "{a1868f64-ed08-49a9-9f86-f62ed855affd}" is started now as required by the configuration option to start the task when available
I am running Vista Home Premium x64. Everytime I bootup, the Language Pack removal service runs (as it is supposed to, apparently).
However, Vista seems to treat this as a significant system event, which triggers a restore point to be created. The restore point creation is slowing down access to my hard disk everytime I reboot.
When I look at the list of restore points that Vista has created, a restore point is created at every bootup due to the event “Uninstall: Language Pack Removal”. I can see the list by running “System Restore”, then selecting “choose another restore point” and clicking Next.
Any idea how to stop the restore point being created at every bootup? I assume there’s a good reason Vista runs the Language Pack removal service at every bootup, so I’d rather keep that running.
I also want a restore point created when there is a software install/uninstall, so want to keep the system restore service running, too.
Problem signature: Problem Event Name:APPCRASH Application Name:iexplore.exe Application Version:8.0.6001.18241 Application Timestamp:48ae8fee Fault Module Name:kernel32.dll Fault Module Version:6.0.6001.18000 Fault Module Timestamp:4791a76d Exception Code:c06d007e Exception Offset:000442eb OS Version:6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID:2057 Additional Information 1:5e45 Additional Information 2:a2fdfe7c86f01abc55834702e464686d Additional Information 3:84fc Additional Information 4:b9417b166caabe190aef712546e2a930
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I hope this is the correct group. I've been running XP Pro for quie some time and recently installed Vista using Partition Magic and have also installed Vista BootPro. I planned a full migration of all of my data from XP today but cannot boot into XP for some reason. I was going to export or save vital data from XP, so this is quite a bummer. I cannot enter Safe Mode nor use Last Known Good Config options for XP. My box makes it up to the "Starting Windows" screen and hangs there. After exporting the data I require from XP and saving to disk I was going to manually install all of my progs into Vista (Quite a plan for the 4th, huh?)Is there a method to utilize an XP Restore Point from Vista to enable me to boot into XP?
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I have discovered my Vista (Home Premium) system restore isn't working. After a fresh boot, when I try to open "system restore" from the start menu... my computer seems to go nowhere. Nothing appears to happen. If I do it a second (and on) time, I get a message that says "system restore wizard is already running", when in fact it is not (per task manager). Also, about an hour after the FIRST attempt to open system restore... I get a screen that sais "no restore points have been created on your computer's system disk..."
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System Restore is unable to restore on a 4 month old Vista machine. After rebooting and logging in message says (System restore unable to restore your files due to an unknown error). The reason I was trying to restore is the wife was unable to access many programs on her login. When you clicked the start button on her login the program files were empty and we were prompted to do system restore. Everything was fine on my login and we are both set up as administrators. I also tried system restore from the start repair boot process same thing. Reading other posts I do not use norton antivirus but avast's free one. The restore option worked fine a couple weeks ago when a software install caused me issues
When I try to undo a restore point, a get an error message that the operation has failed because of an unknown error. Then none of my other restore points will work, either.
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I have task scheduler set up to create a restore point once a day. The history panel shows that the restore point is created on schedule, yet it does not show up in the system restore panel under system properties/system protection. Nor does the free space on the hard drive shrink by a gig or so, as I'd expect. All the settings in task scheduler seem to be correct, and I can create restore points manually. It's just that the automatic feature does not work. Has anyone experienced a problem like this? I'm using Vista Home Premium. Oodles of space allocated for restore points.
I have a laptop with Vista Home Premium a couple years old but all up to date and everything. It was working fine, but I was messing around in the startup menu tonight and accidently cleared the wrong box. To make a long story short, after the machine restarted, nothing worked. I can't access system restore to fix it because it tells me that system restore isn't working, and that the volume shadow copy service isn't working. The error code on that is 0x81000202. Also the event log isn't working, apparently Windows Explorer isn't working, so much isn't working, and it won't connect to the wireless router so I've lost the Internet connection. I don't even know enough about the problem to say what exactly isn't working, but the machine is useless now. I've run every internal diagnostic I can find and the memory is fine, but something critical obviously stopped running when I cleared that box. I can't access the startup menu to reconfigure it either. Does anybody have any clues as to what I've done and how to fix it short of doing a clean install of the operating system?
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when I right Clicked a short cut, file or folder within Windows Explorer. It caused Windows Explorer to Hang/Not responding. Then Idecided to do an update to the Vista, so I ran the Upda5te option. My problem of right clicking appeared again? I went back into Safe Mode to find and re-do the System Restor from Sept 24th and it no longer exist? the select older than 5 days was grayed out.
I did not delete or do anything (that I'm aware of) to remove it. It was the last one on the list. Was it deleted automatically due to storage size allowed? In any case, is there a way to get it back? I need to fix this problem - of right clicking something and having Windows Explorer hang/not repond. Do I have to do a Vista Repair from my DVDs to get rid of the problem?
Getting the time out error 0X81000101 when I try to set a restore point on Vista X64 Home Premium. This happened right after trying to install a Creative external 24bit Live sound blaster driver updates. I have read many threads and have done the following to no avail:
Turned off AVG free 8.5 Resident Shield. Ran disk clean up and rebooted. Turned off System Restore as Administrator, rebooted, turned on System Restore for C: drive only. Made sure that the Volume Shadow Copy Service is Running and set on Automatic and Started. I have read a few regedit posts but am reluctant to try that yet since I can't make a copy of my registry right now with the failed System Restore. When I do try to create a System Restore point, it hangs forever. Task manager says it is not responding.
