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?

Thanks!
Scott

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 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

> > 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.

Same thing here even though I saw several RestorePoints a few days ago.
Perhaps this is related to a windows update I've run (you too ??) rather
than to the New Year?? (I've not checked the Moon phase which I hear is what
Microsoft programmers go by

Somewhat related questions:
1. Any way to have _only_ manually created Restore Points ? --without the
automatic ones making this entire idea almost worthless (by taking space and
deleting the important ones made manually)
2. Any way to see how much disk space each Restore Point took?

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

Bert,

OK, here is the only sr entry (Dec 23, 2005):

"The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC0000043'
while processing the file 'xango' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume1'. It has
stopped monitoring the volume."

Here is the most recent srv entry (Nov 25, 2005)...a repeating entry:

"The server's configuration parameter "irpstacksize" is too small for the server
to use a local device. Please increase the value of this parameter."

By the way, xango.com was a legitamite website (health products) that I
visited around that time.

Does this help?

Thanks!
Scott

Bert Kinney wrote:

> 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

Hi Scott,

If System Restore is set to monitor drives/partitions other than the one
Windows is installed on, I would suggest disabling them and only monitor
the Windows drive/partition.

You can also do a search for xango on all partitions. Go to Start -
Search - All files and folder - All or part of the file name, and expand
More advanced options and check next to:
Search system folders
Search hidden files folders
Search subfolders

Post the location of the xango file.

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


Scott wrote:
> Bert,
>
> OK, here is the only sr entry (Dec 23, 2005):
>
> "The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error
> '0xC0000043'
> while processing the file 'xango' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume1'.
> It has stopped monitoring the volume."
>
> Here is the most recent srv entry (Nov 25, 2005)...a repeating entry:
>
> "The server's configuration parameter "irpstacksize" is too small for
> the server to use a local device. Please increase the value of this
> parameter."
>
> By the way, xango.com was a legitamite website (health products) that
> I
> visited around that time.
>
> Does this help?
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
>
> Bert Kinney wrote:
>
>> 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

Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:25:25 -0500 from Bert Kinney <bert@NSmvps.org>:
> System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

Bert, sorry to do this publicly, but when I clicked "Feedback" on
your site I just got a nag about turning on Javascript, which of
course I won't do.

In your menu, there's a typo: "Tip's and FAQ's". The plural of "Tip"
is "Tips". (Authorities differ between "FAQ's" or "FAQs", but
"Tip's" is just wrong.)

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"Do I smell the revolting stench of self-esteem?"
-- Jon Lovitz, in /The Producers/ (2005)

Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:25:25 -0500 from Bert Kinney <bert@NSmvps.org>:
> System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

Oops -- a second typo, this one in the body of
<http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html>: "does not monitors"
should be "does not monitor" (twice).

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"Do I smell the revolting stench of self-esteem?"
-- Jon Lovitz, in /The Producers/ (2005)

Hi Stan,

Stan Brown wrote:
> from Bert Kinney
>> System Restore fails to create an automatic restore point:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html
>
> Bert, sorry to do this publicly, but when I clicked "Feedback" on
> your site I just got a nag about turning on Javascript, which of
> course I won't do.

Not a problem. <g>

You can send feed back to bert@NSmvps.org if you like. Remove the NS.

Unfortunately these are the measures one has to take to help avoid email
harvesting by spammers. :-(

SafeMailto Email Encoder - Hide Your E-mail Address to Avoid Spam
http://w2.syronex.com/jmr/safemailto/

> In your menu, there's a typo: "Tip's and FAQ's". The plural of "Tip"
> is "Tips". (Authorities differ between "FAQ's" or "FAQs", but
> "Tip's" is just wrong.)

Thanks for the feedback Stan, it's much appreciated.

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