System+Restore+Re‐Enabling+it

System Restore Re‐Enabling it

It was widely circulated on the net when XP Professional was first released that you were able to Disable System Restore via Group Policy Editor.

It certainly worked, but there arose a problem, if you want to re‐enable System Restore at a later date. There was no option to re‐enable it again.

Wrong

To do so:

Go to :‐

Start > Run in the box type without the quotes “**gpedit.msc**”

To start the Group Policy Editor

Scroll to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/System Restore Set Turn off System Restore and Turn off Configuration to Disable

Right click on My Computer and Select Manage

Scroll to Services and Applications/Services

Scroll to System Restore Service and double click

On the General tab set [Startup Type] to Automatic using the drop down list

Click the Start button to start the service

Close the Computer Management console

Return to System Restore in Group Policy Editor and configure both to Not Configured

Close Group Policy Editor and reboot the system.

After the reboot is complete, right click My Computer, select Properties and the tab for System Restore will have been restored.

Configure it to your individual needs and satisfaction.

Sadly not available in all versions