System Restore not keeping restore points

On Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:09:25 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:18:05 PM UTC-8, glee wrote:

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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 1:14:31 PM UTC-8, glee wrote:











Turning off system restore for all drives deletes all restore points



you



had, as you discovered. It is set to create a restore point every



day,



so see if a restore point shows up in SR's calendar tomorrow.... that



will show that the automatic points are being made.







The 12% setting is too large on newer larger hard drives. XP's



System



Restore can have trouble if its cache is too large. Slide the slider



to



the left till you have about 2 MB for the SR space setting. That's



all



you need and keeps it within an amount it can manage. System Restore



should not be to be used for going back months, only days are a



couple



of weeks.















Ok, I moved the slider to 2MB and will check tomorrow if there are any



restore points and will let you know.







2GB, not MB.... I made a typing error..... sorry. Set it to 2046MB or



thereabouts..... between 1GB and 2GB is enough.



--



Glen Ventura



MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009



CompTIA A+





Ok, you guys have now confused me. The slider is in MB not GB, what should I do?



I checked System Restore today and it did indeed make a restore point for the 9th.



Thoughts/Suggestions?

Robert


I set the slider to 2311 because it wouldn't allow 2046, only 1783(4%) or 2311(5%). Hopefully this is ok?

Robert

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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:18:05 PM UTC-8, glee
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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 1:14:31 PM UTC-8, glee
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Ok, you guys have now confused me. The slider is in MB
not GB, what should I do?

You do realize of course, that 1,000 MB is 1 Gig, right? Not sure I see why
you're confused.


I checked System Restore today and it did indeed make a
restore point for the 9th.

Thoughts/Suggestions?
Robert

On Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:21:09 AM UTC-8, Twayne wrote:
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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:18:05 PM UTC-8, glee

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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 1:14:31 PM UTC-8, glee

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Ok, you guys have now confused me. The slider is in MB

not GB, what should I do?



You do realize of course, that 1,000 MB is 1 Gig, right? Not sure I see why

you're confused.


No I did not know that. I'm not mathematically inclined. I was confused with the MB versus GB comment. The slider is in MB not GB so I was a bit confused until I saw Glens comment about sliding to 2046. As I stated, I set it to 2311 which is the nearest I could get to 2046 because it wouldn't allow 2046, only 1783 or 2311.

Robert

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On Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:21:09 AM UTC-8, Twayne wrote:
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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:18:05 PM UTC-8, glee

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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 1:14:31 PM UTC-8, glee

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Ok, you guys have now confused me. The slider is in MB

not GB, what should I do?



You do realize of course, that 1,000 MB is 1 Gig, right? Not sure I see
why

you're confused.


No I did not know that. I'm not mathematically inclined. I was confused
with the MB versus GB comment. The slider is in MB not GB so I was a bit
confused until I saw Glens comment about sliding to 2046. As I stated, I
set it to 2311 which is the nearest I could get to 2046 because it
wouldn't allow 2046, only 1783 or 2311.

Robert

I think it's supposed to be 2048, not 2046.
There are a lot of extra line feeds (quoted blank lines) in this post for
some reason. Anybody know why?

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:15:43 -0500, "glee"
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"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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Surely Glen that was in error "...about 2 MB for the SR space
setting."

You did mean, 2GB - Yes ?

YES! 2 GB... 2046 MB. I hate when that happens....


LOL! You did mean 2048MB - Yes ? vbg

I was told there would be no math!! lol.... yes, 2048... hope I get
through this post without a tpyo!

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On Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:09:25 AM UTC-8,
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2GB, not MB.... I made a typing error..... sorry. Set it to 2046MB
or
thereabouts..... between 1GB and 2GB is enough.


Ok, you guys have now confused me. The slider is in MB not GB, what
should I do?
I checked System Restore today and it did indeed make a restore point
for the 9th.
Thoughts/Suggestions?


I set the slider to 2311 because it wouldn't allow 2046, only 1783(4%)
or 2311(5%). Hopefully this is ok?

1GB is 1000MB.... or more exactly, 2048MB.
Basically, set it between 1000 and 2000 MB "or thereabouts". Either
1783 or 2311 is fine.... doesn't matter.

If it made a restore point on the 9th, then it looks like your daily
automatic points are being created. So, is there still an issue you are
having?
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Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+

On 2013-02-10, Bill in Co wrote:

There are a lot of extra line feeds (quoted blank lines) in this post for
some reason. Anybody know why?

Because some people read and post through google groups,
which seems to insert blank lines, and also often results
in people to forget to keep their line length resonable,
and insert line breaks.

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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:22:45 -0500, "glee"
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1GB is 1000MB.... or more exactly, 2048MB.


vbg I think you mean 1024MB.

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:16:53 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

LOL! You did mean 2048MB - Yes ? vbg

I was told there would be no math!! lol.... yes, 2048... hope I get
through this post without a tpyo!


I assume that you spelled it "tpyo" on purpose and it wasn't a "typo."
g

If it made a restore point on the 9th, then it looks like your daily

automatic points are being created. So, is there still an issue you are

having?

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Glen Ventura

MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009

CompTIA A+

No that's about it other than the Live Messenger issue which we have already discussed. As I said it doesn't really matter since Live Messenger is being phased out in favor of Skype. So I will just logon via URL or MSN.

I want to thank all of you who have posted and tried to help me in this matter. I may have not responded to everyone but I have read all the posts and I appreciate all your efforts in trying to help me.

Many Thanks,
Robert

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:16:53 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

LOL! You did mean 2048MB - Yes ? vbg

I was told there would be no math!! lol.... yes, 2048... hope I get
through this post without a tpyo!


I assume that you spelled it "tpyo" on purpose and it wasn't a "typo."
g

Yes, I assumed at this point some *deliberate* humor was in order!

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:22:45 -0500, "glee"
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1GB is 1000MB.... or more exactly, 2048MB.


vbg I think you mean 1024MB.

I am having a bad couple of days with numbers, aren't I?! I am
responding to multiple posts about the original error, copying and
pasting my numbers from one to the other.... obviously without looking
very closely! Not getting sleep for a couple of days has a negative
effect at my age!
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Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+

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Ken Blake, MVP typed:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:22:45 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

1GB is 1000MB.... or more exactly, 2048MB.


vbg I think you mean 1024MB.

Uhoh! Looks lke a lesson in decimal and hex cominig up!

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:49:22 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:22:45 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

1GB is 1000MB.... or more exactly, 2048MB.


vbg I think you mean 1024MB.

I am having a bad couple of days with numbers, aren't I?! I am
responding to multiple posts about the original error, copying and
pasting my numbers from one to the other.... obviously without looking
very closely!

Yep! But no big deal, of course. I'm just pulling your leg, jokingly.
I'm far from immune to typos, and I'm much better at proofreading
something someone else wrote than what I wrote myself.


Not getting sleep for a couple of days has a negative
effect at my age!


Tell me about it! Even if I get some sleep, if I don't get enough I
have the same program. And I'm sure my age (75) is greater than your
age.

From: "Ken Blake, MVP"

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:49:22 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:22:45 -0500, "glee"
wrote:

1GB is 1000MB.... or more exactly, 2048MB.

vbg I think you mean 1024MB.

I am having a bad couple of days with numbers, aren't I?! I am
responding to multiple posts about the original error, copying and
pasting my numbers from one to the other.... obviously without looking
very closely!

Yep! But no big deal, of course. I'm just pulling your leg, jokingly.
I'm far from immune to typos, and I'm much better at proofreading
something someone else wrote than what I wrote myself.

Not getting sleep for a couple of days has a negative
effect at my age!

Tell me about it! Even if I get some sleep, if I don't get enough I
have the same program. And I'm sure my age (75) is greater than your
age.

Ken:

I have been reading you posts for quite a long time and if you are now 75,
G-d has blessed you!

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