How to get System Restore to work When ON?

Hello, Can someone tell me how to get System Restore to work when its ON? I have plenty of disk space and i never used it before (new PC) When i go to the system restore screen it has 2 calenders one on left and one on right and the date thats on there is always the date i access it, so i clicked on the arrow on the left calendar and it went back to October 30 and if i click on the BOLD DATE Nothing happens and i am suppose to be able to change the date but can't! Nothing moves, Anyone have any idea's why I cannot get this going? I tried a few of the System restore web sites for troubleshooting but none of it seem to be associated with my problem! Would really appreciate any help at all, Thank You TOM

 

Tom
All I can suggest is go through all the registry sttings listed in this MSKB article and make sure something is not amiss.
The article url is in the attached text file so copy and paste url into address bar. Sorry about the inconvience but MS as others changed over to some long CGI script and I have no figured out yet how to display hyperlink correctly.
Dave

 

Dave,

You just remove everything after the article number, and it works.

So you have this one:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...454&iterationID=1&sessionID=anonymous|6334341

Now Remove %26dialogID%3d8570454%26iterationID%3d1%26sessionID%3danonymous%7c6334341

so that you're left with http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/search/viewDoc.aspx?docID=KC.Q295659

This does work.

Greetz,

 

And here are some more MS article on XP System restore, including one about troubleshooting it.

Hope there's something there:

HOW TO: Restore Windows XP to a Previous State (Q306084)

How to Turn On and Turn Off System Restore in Windows XP (Q310405)

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP

System Restore "Restore Points" Are Missing or Deleted

How the System Restore Utility Uses Drive Letters (Q287505)

How the System Restore Tool Handles Hard-Disk Space Usage (Q300044)

The System Restore Utility May Be Suspended on a System Drive Even Though There Is Enough Disk Space (Q299904)

Good luck,

 

Dave, looked and a lot of values etc. cannot be modified and the ones that could, i didn't see any thing wrong with them, It must be something simple that i am missing? If you find out anything else please let me know and Thanks, Thanks Tony for the shortcut! TOM PS: I am sure there must be someone out there that tried to use System Restore and when they clicked on the BOLD DATE on Calendars Nothing happened, Maybe it has something to do with FIRST TIME USE?

 

Tony, Thank You for the troubleshooting sites. but none of them seem to the problem i am having! I have plenty of disk space and its turned on. There is one site you gave me and it talked about signing on as Aministrator, I believe i am the Administrator by default with XP but do i have to sign on somewhere first?

 

Have you checked in your restore folder to see if any restore points have been made?

Click Start , and then click My Computer .
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options .
On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders .
Clear the Hide protected operating system files check box. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change.
Click OK .
Open the System Volume Information folder.
Open the Restore folder.
There should be folders named RPxx, these are your restore points. How many folders are there? Also right click then click properties, on some of them. Check the date they were created.
Are there any for Nov & Dec?

 

Are you logged on as Administrator when you try to use restore?

 

I don't know, I never did it before, where do i log on as administrator? I thought it was automatic!