System Restore Is turned Off

[BRASS EAGLE]

hi i cant get the system restore on my PC.I am using XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 3.I think the problem started when i enstalled Evidence Eliminator,i set the options on this programe and when i done a safe shut down i started getting errors, In all fairness the programe warned me that it may cause desktop problems,When i try to do a system restore it tells me that system restore is turned off,,How do i get it back on.Ive tried removing the Evidence Eliminator programe but its still the same

[spondulick]

start, right click my computer, properties. click system restore turn it back on.

[Ficko110]

Go to control panel, open system icon and turn on automatic updates on system restore tab

[BRASS EAGLE]

Tried all this before i posted.the system restore box is ticked,i un tick it and get the message that system restore has encountered a error trying to enable /disable one or more drives.please restart your machine and try again...Ive done this and the problem is still there

[Ficko110]

Look on this site How to reinstall System Restore in Windows XP:. there are a lot of links on solving diferent system restore problems.
Here is also the link on how can you restore the registry to previous restore point, but please be carefull with this. How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting
!!! First check the second half of the instruction on how to check if your previous versions of registry are saved.

[ManofScience]

if system restore was OFF - there will be no restore points from BEFORE you turned it on.

So, even if it's on now - there will be no points you can use, as far as i'm aware.

try enable it in safemode and make sure there's plenty of hard disk space.

[dinocol]

system restore is not really that good based on my experience it seems it cant really restore the system as it promises to

[maccie]

best way is to format and reinstall windows will save time in long run

[wazza233]

if system restore was OFF - there will be no restore points from BEFORE you turned it on.

So, even if it's on now - there will be no points you can use, as far as i'm aware.

try enable it in safemode and make sure there's plenty of hard disk space.

That's correct, when you turn windows restore off in XP it warns that all restore points will be deleted.

[icemanl88]

Backup all data and reinstall windows... It will cost you less time than searching to find a way to solve this

[compass]

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore.
If a "DisableSR" value doesn't exist, go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORD value, and create the value.
Set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore.

[BRASS EAGLE]

dont want to be a pest but that sounds a wee bit complicated for me,do i do this by typing these comands in RUN

[compass]

Go run and key in regedit. To edit the registry. Pls backup your registry before doing anything...