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From: Bobbi on 25 Jul 2010 01:36 My system is creating restore points labelled "Software Distribution Service 3.0". How can I find out what that is? I don't think it's my security software downloading updates because the time doesn't correspond to the time of today's update, and my system updates aren't installed automatically. Bobbi Gold
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 25 Jul 2010 02:01 "Bobbi" <bobbi(a)example.invalid> wrote in message news:uhHKGt7KLHA.4120(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > My system is creating restore points labelled "Software Distribution > Service 3.0". How can I find out what that is? I don't think it's my > security software downloading updates because the time doesn't correspond > to the time of today's update, and my system updates aren't installed > automatically. > > Bobbi Gold Google is a wonderful thing. When you type "Software Distribution Service 3.0" into a Google search box then you get (amongst other things) this intriguing link: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-update/856021.htm.
From: Jose on 25 Jul 2010 09:42 On Jul 25, 1:36 am, "Bobbi" <bo...(a)example.invalid> wrote: > My system is creating restore points labelled "Software Distribution Service > 3.0". How can I find out what that is? I don't think it's my security > software downloading updates because the time doesn't correspond to the time > of today's update, and my system updates aren't installed automatically. > > Bobbi Gold That is what it is supposed to do - when you get/install an update from Microsoft. If you want to figure out what the reason behind the Restore Point (what was updated), you can look in your WindowsUpdate.log file, you can look in Add/Remove Programs (enable Show Updates), you could go to the Microsoft update page and view your update history...
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 25 Jul 2010 11:18 A restore point of that name is created whenever you install a Windows Update. Bobbi wrote: > My system is creating restore points labelled "Software Distribution > Service > 3.0". How can I find out what that is? I don't think it's my security > software downloading updates because the time doesn't correspond to the > time > of today's update, and my system updates aren't installed automatically. > > Bobbi Gold
From: RT on 25 Jul 2010 14:57
The trouble with the way System Restore works is that eventually the early ones get overwritten :-(( Is there any way of keeping a few really good ones? e.g. after a clean reinstall and a day or six of putting software back on and getting it all set up hunky dory? Is there a way of increasing the amount of room allocated, apart from the one offered? (I have a spare 80 gig drive that I would happily devote to restore points if it meant that I could keep them all. RT "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%238cEe3ALLHA.1996(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >A restore point of that name is created whenever you install a Windows >Update. > > Bobbi wrote: >> My system is creating restore points labelled "Software Distribution >> Service >> 3.0". How can I find out what that is? I don't think it's my security >> software downloading updates because the time doesn't correspond to the >> time >> of today's update, and my system updates aren't installed automatically. >> >> Bobbi Gold > |