Unable to perform system restore of winxp home sp2

[see jia yi]

When I start System restore.Error message"system restore has been turned off
by group policy,to turn on system restore,please contact your domain
adminstrater"shown.I also found that the system restore tab was missing under
'system"in the control panel.
Please help me as my computer having abnormal function that i want to use
the system restore to restore my pc to earlie stage.

[LucGallant]

This means that you are on a domain, which shouldn't be possible with Windows
XP Home. Quite a weird phenomena...

"see jia yi" wrote:

> When I start System restore.Error message"system restore has been turned off
> by group policy,to turn on system restore,please contact your domain
> adminstrater"shown.I also found that the system restore tab was missing under
> 'system"in the control panel.
> Please help me as my computer having abnormal function that i want to use
> the system restore to restore my pc to earlie stage.

[WTC]

"see jia yi" <see jia > wrote in message
...
> When I start System restore.Error message"system restore has been
> turned off
> by group policy,to turn on system restore,please contact your domain
> adminstrater"shown.I also found that the system restore tab was
> missing under
> 'system"in the control panel.
> Please help me as my computer having abnormal function that i want to
> use
> the system restore to restore my pc to earlie stage.


Hi you will have to edit the registry,

Start>run and type

regedit

navigate to the following key:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore

In the right-hand pane, delete "DisableSR"

You have already lost all your system restore points because it was
disabled.

--
William

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi,

As more issues of this sort are showing up lately, i think this may be
caused by malware / trojan etc. It's a good idea to do a clean-up. Follow
the advice given in the following pages:

Generic Trojan / Adware Infestation Removal Procedure:
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

Once you're sure that the system is clean, disable the System Restore
restrictions. Follow this:

Click Start/Run and type REGEDIT
Navigate to the following key:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore

In the right-pane,
Delete the value "DisableConfig"
Delete the value "DisableSR"

For Windows XP Professional, you can accomplish the above task using Group
Policy Editor as well. Details follows:

Click Start/Run and type GPEDIT.MSC
Navigate to this path:

=>Computer Configuration
==>Administrative Templates
===>System
====>System Restore

In the right-pane, do the following:

Double-click "Turn off System Restore" to "Not Configured"
Double-click "Turn off Configuration" to "Not Configured"

More Information:
------------------

"Turn off System Restore" corresponds to "DisableSR" registry value
-> With this Policy is turned ON, the System Restore tab may be missing
in My Computer Properties. Also, when you run System Restore (rstrui.exe),
you receive this message:

"System Restore has been turned off by group policy. To turn on
System Restore, contact your domain Administrator."


"Turn off Configuration" corresponds to "DisableConfig" registry value
-> With this Policy turned ON, the System Restore tab will remain
displayed but the user cannot configure the SR options. It reads "disabled
by Group Policy"

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"see jia yi" <see jia > wrote in message
...
> When I start System restore.Error message"system restore has been turned
> off
> by group policy,to turn on system restore,please contact your domain
> adminstrater"shown.I also found that the system restore tab was missing
> under
> 'system"in the control panel.
> Please help me as my computer having abnormal function that i want to use
> the system restore to restore my pc to earlie stage.

[See Jia Yi]

Thank you very much.my problem rectified with your suggestion.

"WTC" wrote:

> "see jia yi" <see jia > wrote in message
> ...
> > When I start System restore.Error message"system restore has been
> > turned off
> > by group policy,to turn on system restore,please contact your domain
> > adminstrater"shown.I also found that the system restore tab was
> > missing under
> > 'system"in the control panel.
> > Please help me as my computer having abnormal function that i want to
> > use
> > the system restore to restore my pc to earlie stage.
>
>
> Hi you will have to edit the registry,
>
> Start>run and type
>
> regedit
>
> navigate to the following key:
> HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore
>
> In the right-hand pane, delete "DisableSR"
>
> You have already lost all your system restore points because it was
> disabled.
>
> --
> William
>
>
>
>

[WTC]

"See Jia Yi" <See Jia > wrote in message
...
> Thank you very much.my problem rectified with your suggestion.
>


I would do the scans that Ramesh suggested.

--
William