How to Disable System Restore

Bert Kinney Windows XP Shell/User

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How to Disable and Enable System Restore in Windows XP

 

Warning: All restore points will be deleted!

  1. Log on to Windows XP as an Administrator
  2. Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click on Properties.
  3. Click on the System Restore tab.
  4. Put a check mark next to 'Turn off System Restore on All Drives'.
  5. Click the 'OK' button.
  6. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes.

    Note: To Enable System Restore, follow steps one to six and on step four remove the check mark next to 'Turn off System Restore on All Drives'. A new restore point will automatically be created.

Using Disk Cleanup with the System Restore option, will delete all but the most recent restore point.

Guided help for disabling System Restore

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