Can't create a restore point

OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish drawing on
my own limited ability.

I tried to do a system restore today after installing some updated drivers
that my computer apparently really didn't like. I was not able to do so (I
didn't write down the error code, if there was one). I managed to eventually
get my system back to where it should be after a whole bunch of uninstalling
and reinstalling.

Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was told
that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).

I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on another,
vaguely related question (system restore problem with a different error), but
was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges. I am running as
administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.

Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together and go
back to XP.

Hi,

Do you have Norton's installed? If so, see:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"slynnez" <> wrote in message
news:A94E4D2F-4705-45A7-98B7-...
> OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish drawing
> on
> my own limited ability.
>
> I tried to do a system restore today after installing some updated drivers
> that my computer apparently really didn't like. I was not able to do so (I
> didn't write down the error code, if there was one). I managed to
> eventually
> get my system back to where it should be after a whole bunch of
> uninstalling
> and reinstalling.
>
> Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
> system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was told
> that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).
>
> I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on
> another,
> vaguely related question (system restore problem with a different error),
> but
> was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges. I am running as
> administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together and
> go
> back to XP.

Quote Malke:
Do you have any Symantec products installed such as Norton
Antivirus/Internet Security? If so, this is a known issue. See MVP Bert
Kinney's information on this:

Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html

--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"slynnez" <> wrote in message
news:A94E4D2F-4705-45A7-98B7-...
> OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish drawing
> on
> my own limited ability.
>
> I tried to do a system restore today after installing some updated drivers
> that my computer apparently really didn't like. I was not able to do so (I
> didn't write down the error code, if there was one). I managed to
> eventually
> get my system back to where it should be after a whole bunch of
> uninstalling
> and reinstalling.
>
> Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
> system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was told
> that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).
>
> I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on
> another,
> vaguely related question (system restore problem with a different error),
> but
> was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges. I am running as
> administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together and
> go
> back to XP.

No, but I have McAfee (which has also been giving me problems lately). Could
that be causing the same problems?

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Quote Malke:
> Do you have any Symantec products installed such as Norton
> Antivirus/Internet Security? If so, this is a known issue. See MVP Bert
> Kinney's information on this:
>
> Problems caused by Symantec - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
>
> System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
> Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html
>
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "slynnez" <> wrote in message
> news:A94E4D2F-4705-45A7-98B7-...
> > OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish drawing
> > on
> > my own limited ability.
> >
> > I tried to do a system restore today after installing some updated drivers
> > that my computer apparently really didn't like. I was not able to do so (I
> > didn't write down the error code, if there was one). I managed to
> > eventually
> > get my system back to where it should be after a whole bunch of
> > uninstalling
> > and reinstalling.
> >
> > Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
> > system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was told
> > that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).
> >
> > I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on
> > another,
> > vaguely related question (system restore problem with a different error),
> > but
> > was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges. I am running as
> > administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together and
> > go
> > back to XP.
>
>
>

Possibly, you could try disabling and see what happens.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"slynnez" <> wrote in message
news:27E3733B-BF54-4039-8FC6-...
> No, but I have McAfee (which has also been giving me problems lately).
> Could
> that be causing the same problems?
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Quote Malke:
>> Do you have any Symantec products installed such as Norton
>> Antivirus/Internet Security? If so, this is a known issue. See MVP Bert
>> Kinney's information on this:
>>
>> Problems caused by Symantec -
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
>>
>> System Restore - Error Messages in Vista -
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/eerrormsgsv.html
>> Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html
>>
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "slynnez" <> wrote in message
>> news:A94E4D2F-4705-45A7-98B7-...
>> > OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish
>> > drawing
>> > on
>> > my own limited ability.
>> >
>> > I tried to do a system restore today after installing some updated
>> > drivers
>> > that my computer apparently really didn't like. I was not able to do so
>> > (I
>> > didn't write down the error code, if there was one). I managed to
>> > eventually
>> > get my system back to where it should be after a whole bunch of
>> > uninstalling
>> > and reinstalling.
>> >
>> > Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
>> > system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was
>> > told
>> > that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).
>> >
>> > I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on
>> > another,
>> > vaguely related question (system restore problem with a different
>> > error),
>> > but
>> > was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges. I am running as
>> > administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together
>> > and
>> > go
>> > back to XP.
>>
>>
>>

Yes, I have Norton 360. I turned off all antivirus components, and I
am still getting the message. Any other ideas?

Your opinion- do I really need Norton, or does Vista have sufficient
protection built in? It has given me multiple headaches in the past
(like blocking file sharing access across my home network), and I
would just as soon trash it.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:49:48 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Do you have Norton's installed? If so, see:
>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Hi,

You need antivirus protection, you just don't need Norton's version of it.
Try AVG free or NOD32.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

<> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes, I have Norton 360. I turned off all antivirus components, and I
> am still getting the message. Any other ideas?
>
> Your opinion- do I really need Norton, or does Vista have sufficient
> protection built in? It has given me multiple headaches in the past
> (like blocking file sharing access across my home network), and I
> would just as soon trash it.
>
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:49:48 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Do you have Norton's installed? If so, see:
>>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

I think I have found the source of the problem: an external drive had
become unplugged, and EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT CHECKED to be backed up,
system restore could not find it so it crashed and burned. I would
have expected better quality control from MS!

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:40:59 GMT, wrote:

>Yes, I have Norton 360. I turned off all antivirus components, and I
>am still getting the message. Any other ideas?
>
>Your opinion- do I really need Norton, or does Vista have sufficient
>protection built in? It has given me multiple headaches in the past
>(like blocking file sharing access across my home network), and I
>would just as soon trash it.
>
>On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:49:48 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
>wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Do you have Norton's installed? If so, see:
>>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Did you try running System Restore from the Windows Recovery Environment?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/recovery.html

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

slynnez wrote:
> OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish drawing on
> my own limited ability.
>
> I tried to do a system restore today after installing some updated drivers
> that my computer apparently really didn't like. I was not able to do so (I
> didn't write down the error code, if there was one). I managed to eventually
> get my system back to where it should be after a whole bunch of uninstalling
> and reinstalling.
>
> Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
> system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was told
> that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).
>
> I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on another,
> vaguely related question (system restore problem with a different error), but
> was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges. I am running as
> administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together and go
> back to XP.

Info available via Google 0x80042318.


"Bert Kinney" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Did you try running System Restore from the Windows Recovery Environment?
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/recovery.html
>
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
> Member: http://dts-l.org
>
> slynnez wrote:
>> OK. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope on what I can accomplish
>> drawing on my own limited ability. I tried to do a system restore today
>> after installing some updated drivers that my computer apparently really
>> didn't like. I was not able to do so (I didn't write down the error code,
>> if there was one). I managed to eventually get my system back to where it
>> should be after a whole bunch of uninstalling and reinstalling.
>>
>> Just when I get one problem fixed, I find another. I tried to create a
>> system restore point today before updating additional drivers and was
>> told that I couldn't due to a VSS error (this code was 0x80042318).
>>
>> I tried to run chkdsk from a command prompt which was suggested on
>> another, vaguely related question (system restore problem with a
>> different error), but was told that I didn't have sufficient privledges.
>> I am running as administrator, so I don't quite undersand this.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated, before I give up on Vista all together and
>> go back to XP.