I am using XP Home Edition and just discovered that Restore Points are no longer being saved, none. Thanks for any help, Walt Conner

Walt, >I am using XP Home Edition and just discovered that Restore Points are no >longer being saved, none. To turn on System Restore do the following. Start > Right click on My Computer > Properties. Click on the System Restore tab. Uncheck the box to turn System Restore off. Hope this helps. Art

>Is your computer set to the maximum disk space for recording restore points? > To turn on System Restore do the following. This is weird. The System Restore Off Box is unchecked and I have not bothered it. The Disk Space to Use is set at Max. (??) I just checked and now it has saved a Restore point the last 3 days in a row! I had checked 2 - 3 times in the last 2 weeks, first time I wanted to use it, and there was no Restore point saved the entire month. I just checked, I guess it had to be over 3 days ago, and there was still none. Seems like it had been saving one every 5 - 7 days before. Thanks to all but still don't know what is going on, Walt Conner

There have been some problems reported about running programs after the installation of SP2 on XP systems. Some, but not all, of these problems maybe caused by a little known, unheralded feature known as DEP. DEP is Data Execution Prevention. It is a new feature added with SP2 that is not accessible via the Security Center. It's purpose is to help prevent against damage from viruses and other security threats. If you search the help file for Windows you can read more about it. To gain access, take the following steps. Control Panel > System > Performance and Maintenance > Advanced > Performance Settings > Data Execution Prevention. There are two options there, one of which will allow you to chose programs that you desire and allow them to run. This bypasses the DEP protection for that program ONLY. Each program must be added to the exclusion list individually. NOTE: The default setting should be used for DEP. Only change the setting IF you are experiencing problems running an application. Hope this is of some future help to you. Art

Hi Walt, She of little expertise here; just a question which I am sure you have handled.. When you go to System Restore, there is a System Restore Settings; then System Properties. Under that there are about six tabs and one is System Restore. Under that tab, you can allocate from minimum to maximum disk space for restore points. Is your computer set to the maximum disk space for recording restore points? Marie -----Original Message----- From: Walt Conner [mailto:wconner@onemain.com] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:58 PM To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] XP question I am using XP Home Edition and just discovered that Restore Points are no longer being saved, none. Thanks for any help, Walt Conner --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004