Hi,

There are several reasons this may occur. Let's take a look at Event
Viewer for any System Restore logs that may have been created recently
that may help us diagnosing the problem.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below the
two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the two
event here. There's no need to post duplicate Event ID's.

How do I use the Event Viewer to search for System Restore logs?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#EventViewer

Here are some more links for troubleshooting System Restore.

System Restore Failures to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org



Scott wrote:
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> Scott wrote:
>>
>>> I notice that as of January 1, 2006, the Restore function on my
>>> Win XP Pro laptop shows no Restore points before January 1st. I've
>>> had this laptop since 2003, and I haven't changed the Restore
>>> setting. Does the Restore function automatically reset itself every
>>> year and wipe our previous years' settings?
>>
>> No, it doesn't do that. I'm not sure what's created your problem,
>> but that's not it.
>>
>> Are you sure there are no earlier Restore Points? When you get the
>> January calendar, have you clicked on the left arrow and looked at
>> December to see what's there?
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
> Ken,
>
> When I click on the left arrow to go back to December 2005, nothing
> happens... it stays on January. This is very puzzling. I haven't
> made any changes or added any programs lately. Also, Restore is set
> up properly (max 13% of hard drive), and I have never turned off the
> Restore function. My laptop has no issues...it's been running
> perfectly.
>
> Scott