Restore Question

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 resto
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 resto
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 resto
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 :
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 :
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 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

Thanks Stan, both mistakes have been fixed.

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

Stan Brown wrote:
from Bert Kinney:
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).

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:32:03 -0500 from Bert Kinney :

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

Thanks to _you_ for taking the trouble to compile all that
information on System Restore!

--
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)

Bert,

I have just one hard drive on this system...and no partitions.

I searched for xango (system, hidden, and subfolders), and all I have
is an mp3 podcast file...located at c:/Xango/xango podcast.mp3
(Winamp media file).

Is it possible that "the unexpected error '0xC0000043' while processing the
file 'xango' has nothing to do with xango? I can't imagine why Restore would
have a problem with this file.

I checked System Restore under My Computer, and it says it is currently
monitoring the c drive.

Any more thoughts?

Thanks!
Scott

Bert Kinney wrote:

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 resto
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

Yes, I believe the xango podcast.mp3 is the culprit. Backup the file off
system and delete it from the system. Then try running System Restore to
troubleshoot.

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

Scott wrote:
Bert,

I have just one hard drive on this system...and no partitions.

I searched for xango (system, hidden, and subfolders), and all I have
is an mp3 podcast file...located at c:/Xango/xango podcast.mp3
(Winamp media file).

Is it possible that "the unexpected error '0xC0000043' while
processing the file 'xango' has nothing to do with xango? I can't
imagine why Restore would have a problem with this file.

I checked System Restore under My Computer, and it says it is
currently monitoring the c drive.

Any more thoughts?

Thanks!
Scott

Bert Kinney wrote:

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 resto
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,

I deleted the xango file and rebooted. However, Restore still won't go back to before
January 1, 2006. There should be several years of Restore points prior to this date.
Right-clicking on My Computer and clicking the Restore tab shows that the c drive
is currently being monitored. I can set a new Restore point with no problem.

Is there any way to troubleshoot this problem any further?

Thanks!
Scott

Bert Kinney wrote:

Yes, I believe the xango podcast.mp3 is the culprit. Backup the file off
system and delete it from the system. Then try running System Restore to
troubleshoot.

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

Scott wrote:
Bert,

I have just one hard drive on this system...and no partitions.

I searched for xango (system, hidden, and subfolders), and all I have
is an mp3 podcast file...located at c:/Xango/xango podcast.mp3
(Winamp media file).

Is it possible that "the unexpected error '0xC0000043' while
processing the file 'xango' has nothing to do with xango? I can't
imagine why Restore would have a problem with this file.

I checked System Restore under My Computer, and it says it is
currently monitoring the c drive.

Any more thoughts?

Thanks!
Scott

Bert Kinney wrote:

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 resto
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