Unable to Turn On System Restore, WinXP

[Mellisa123]

Hello again tholland. I'm glad System Restore is working for you again. I believe your other issues may be related to the wbem folder. Please have a look at this article from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319114 Post back here and let me know how it goes, thanks.

Hello.. for being professional and patience,I would like to ask you a question as it's take me forever to solve. My system restore does not work as I went to computer>>>manager and system restore service it's said that "The System Restore Service on local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service." The reason why I want the system restore to work is that my internet caught virus and I want to turn back the date before but I cannot turn to previous date and month on system restore.Please help me why? I had try your above instructions but since the internet does not work I create a folder on the other computer that internet is available and switch it back to my computer with memory stick and reboot the computer .But it's still does not work.Please help to solve.Thanks!

[Mellisa123]

OK, time to go a little deeper. Try this one, do the same as the last fix except save it as a .reg file instead of .bat. Reboot when you're done and see if it worked. If not, let me know and I'll continue to help you figure it out.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]

"DisableConfig"=dword:00000000

"DisableSR"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sr]

"Type"=dword:00000002

"Start"=dword:00000000

"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001

"Tag"=dword:00000004

"ImagePath"=hex(2):53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,\

52,00,49,00,56,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,5c,00,73,00,72,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,\

00,00,00

"DisplayName"="System Restore Filter Driver"

"Group"="FSFilter System Recovery"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sr\Parameters]

"FirstRun"=dword:00000000

"DontBackup"=dword:00000000

"MachineGuid"="{EAAFAEEC-4AFE-42BE-83D9-C12FDD4942A6}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sr\Security]

"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\

00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\

00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\

05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\

20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,\

00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,\

00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sr\Enum]

"0"="Root\\LEGACY_SR\\0000"

"Count"=dword:00000001

"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]

"DisableSR"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]

"DisableConfig"=dword:00000000

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]

Hello.. for being professional and patience,I would like to ask you a question as it's take me forever to solve. My system restore does not work as I went to computer>>>manager and system restore service it's said that "The System Restore Service on local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service." The reason why I want the system restore to work is that my internet caught virus and I want to turn back the date before but I cannot turn to previous date and month on system restore.Please help me why? I had try your above instructions but since the internet does not work I create a folder on the other computer that internet is available and switch it back to my computer with memory stick and reboot the computer .But it's still does not work.Please help to solve.Thanks!

[JeffreyZhang]

Hi,

I ran into the same problem that tholland did. I followed the instructions and got the following:

- could not turn on the System Restore service - same error as tholland got.

- dial-a-fix reported some restrictive policies. I removed them. Rebooted.

- still could not turn on the service - same error.

- reinstalled System Restore software via "rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %Windir%\Inf\sr.inf". No error. Rebooted.

- still could not turn on the service - same error.

The difference from tholland's case is that he ran into problems reinstalling the software and then got those fixed. In my case, I did not run into problems but still could not get it to work.

Appreciate if you could help me out, too!

[FremontPC]

Melissa123 -

If you suspect you have a virus, you should follow the above instructions posted by AdvancedSetup. The experts in the Malware Removal forum will help you out. AdvancedSetup lays it out very well in his post.

Regards -

FPC

[FremontPC]

JefferyZhang -

Have you also had a run-in with a virus recently? If not, you may want to review the number of antivirus/antispyware/anti(etc) programs installed on your system. More is not better, as they can clash with each other.

What kind of hardware are you running on?