WIN 7 Restore Points

[Marty[_3_]]

It appears that WIN7 (32 bit) does not create restore points
automatically like XP did. The user has to create a restore point.

Is this true or am I missing something?

Marty

[SC Tom[_3_]]

"Marty" > wrote in message
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> It appears that WIN7 (32 bit) does not create restore points automatically
> like XP did. The user has to create a restore point.
>
> Is this true or am I missing something?
>
> Marty

Mine has created at least one point every day since I installed it (Win7
32-bit). They've all been created by software installations or Windows
updates, though, so I don't know if it will automatically create a point if
nothing happens. No Windows updates today (yet!), so I'll see.

SC Tom

[SantaUK]

Make sure its turned on, mine's is and I have loads.

"Marty" > wrote in message
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> It appears that WIN7 (32 bit) does not create restore points automatically
> like XP did. The user has to create a restore point.
>
> Is this true or am I missing something?
>
> Marty

[Alf]

Related question--in XP I could manually create a restore point when doing something potentially dangerous or stupid. Can you do this in 7? When I go to System Restore, all I can to is restore to a
previous point. What am I missing?


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[SC Tom[_3_]]

"Alf" > wrote in message
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> Related question--in XP I could manually create a restore point when doing
> something potentially dangerous or stupid. Can you do this in 7? When I go
> to System Restore, all I can to is restore to a
> previous point. What am I missing?
>
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Go to Control Panel/System and click on System Protection in the left pane.
Near the bottom right is a button labeled Create...
I found that Win7 creates points automatically whenever almost anything is
installed. When I was having problems with my ATI video driver, I installed
and uninstalled parts of it 6 times in one evening. I have 6 restore points
for those events, plus another for a Windows update.

SC Tom

[SC Tom[_3_]]

"SC Tom" > wrote in message
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>
> "Marty" > wrote in message
> ...
>> It appears that WIN7 (32 bit) does not create restore points
>> automatically like XP did. The user has to create a restore point.
>>
>> Is this true or am I missing something?
>>
>> Marty
>
> Mine has created at least one point every day since I installed it (Win7
> 32-bit). They've all been created by software installations or Windows
> updates, though, so I don't know if it will automatically create a point
> if nothing happens. No Windows updates today (yet!), so I'll see.
>
> SC Tom
>
I checked today, and there was not a point created yesterday. Nothing was
changed/updated, so I guess Win7 didn't feel it was necessary. Looking
through my points, not one of them is listed as a System Checkpoint like it
is in XP.

SC Tom

[Trev[_3_]]

"SC Tom" > wrote in message
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>
> "Alf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Related question--in XP I could manually create a restore point when
>> doing something potentially dangerous or stupid. Can you do this in 7?
>> When I go to System Restore, all I can to is restore to a
>> previous point. What am I missing?
>>
>>
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> Go to Control Panel/System and click on System Protection in the left
> pane. Near the bottom right is a button labeled Create...
> I found that Win7 creates points automatically whenever almost anything is
> installed. When I was having problems with my ATI video driver, I
> installed and uninstalled parts of it 6 times in one evening. I have 6
> restore points for those events, plus another for a Windows update.
>
> SC Tom

I get a restore point for AVG updates. That's Daily

[Grenou]

"Alf" > wrote in message
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> Related question--in XP I could manually create a restore point when doing
> something potentially dangerous or stupid. Can you do this in 7? When I go
> to System Restore, all I can to is restore to a
> previous point. What am I missing?
>
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I type Create Restore Point in the Start Search box, that brings up System
Properties where you can create a restore point when needed.
:-)
Grenou