System Restore not working
in [Windows XP]
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From: Walter E. on 16 Jul 2010 12:03 System Restore in Win XP SP2 has become completely unresponsive. It will not even open up the restore panel with the calendar that shows any restore points. Would a "Repair Installation" fix this or should I re-install windows? - Walter www.rationality.net
From: SC Tom on 16 Jul 2010 12:14 "Walter E." <wr(a)example.com> wrote in message news:i1pvri$ce3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > System Restore in Win XP SP2 has become completely unresponsive. It will > not even open up the restore panel with the calendar that shows any > restore points. > > Would a "Repair Installation" fix this or should I re-install windows? > - > Walter > www.rationality.net You really should start your own thread instead of latching onto an existing one. That way, replies will be to help you, and not be confused with the original poster. A good place to start for SR problems is here: System Restore troubleshooting http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html There are a lot of good solutions and links there. -- SC Tom
From: Daave on 16 Jul 2010 12:35 Walter E. wrote: > System Restore in Win XP SP2 has become completely unresponsive. It > will not even open up the restore panel with the calendar that shows > any restore points. > > Would a "Repair Installation" fix this or should I re-install windows? SP2 is no longer supported. Without the latest security patches, you might have malware. What is the malware status of your PC? Why do you feel the need to run SR in the first place?
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 16 Jul 2010 16:34 Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed? [1] What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)? ======================= [1] Support for WinXP SP2 ended on 13 July 2010. Computers running WinXP SP2 "will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update" until SP3 has been installed. Extended Support for WinXP SP3 will continue through 08 April 2014. � What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/what-does-end-of-support-mean -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 Walter E. wrote: > System Restore in Win XP SP2 has become completely unresponsive. It will > not even open up the restore panel with the calendar that shows any > restore > points. > > Would a "Repair Installation" fix this or should I re-install windows?
From: Paul on 16 Jul 2010 17:07
Walter E. wrote: > System Restore in Win XP SP2 has become completely unresponsive. It > will not even open up the restore panel with the calendar that shows any > restore points. > > Would a "Repair Installation" fix this or should I re-install windows? > - > Walter > www.rationality.net In Administrative Tools : Services, I see a service listed for "System Restore Service". It is set to a Startup Type of Automatic, and on my machine, is currently running. What does yours look like ? For other hints, have a look at C:\WINDOWS\inf\sr.inf , which can be opened with a text editor. It'll show you what things are installed as part of System Restore. For example "rstrui.exe" is the thing that brings up the Calendar window. You can find rstrui.exe here. C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\rstrui.exe Hmmm. Great. Mine is busted too! Running rstrui.exe is generating an error report to Microsoft, and a blank window which closes. Maybe the "Patch Tuesday" fix did this ? I only did that one yesterday. I think I'm going to try a reboot now, and see if it is still busted. There wasn't a reboot after Patch Tuesday update, so maybe that is the problem. I'm running SP3 too. Paul |