Please help! No automatic restore points

I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I just noticed today that I have no automatic
restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.

I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back to them and they reload the OS. This would take
about 10 business days to do.
I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix this.

They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support is to have the OS load into Windows and nothing
else.
My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.

Can someone please tell me what to do.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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RScotti wrote:
> I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista
> Ultimate. I just noticed today that I have no automatic restore
> points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>
> I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it
> back to them and they reload the OS. This would take about 10
> business days to do.
> I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix
> this.
>
> They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support
> is to have the OS load into Windows and nothing else.
> My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>
> Can someone please tell me what to do.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
On XP, the first thing you would do with this issue is to be sure you have
enough space for restore points to be created so you need to check to be
sure you have the space the system has alloted on all drives. If you do,
the next step would be to turn off System Restore on all drives, then,
reboot the system and turn it back on.

It's actually a little soon to be worrying about this, especially since you
are able to manually create restore points. It can sometimes take a little
time before manual restore points, system checkpoints, etc. start to kick
in.

--
Michael Solomon

PS,
I noticed in the registry @ HKLM \software\Microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\sywstemrestore
First run is 0x00000000
RPLifeinterval 0x00278d00
RPsessioninterval 0x00000001
Lastindex 0x0000004b
RPGlobalinterval 0x00015180
Default not set.

Also as I said I did make a manual RP about an hour ago.
Hope this additional information can help someone help me.

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:36:45 -0400, RScotti <> wrote:

>I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I just noticed today that I have no automatic
>restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>
>I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back to them and they reload the OS. This would take
>about 10 business days to do.
>I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix this.
>
>They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support is to have the OS load into Windows and nothing
>else.
>My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>
>Can someone please tell me what to do.
>
>Have a good day,
>RScotti
>
>remove "nospam" in order to email me.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Thanks, I have 892 GB of HD space left so that shouldn't be a problem.

I just tuned it off and rebooted. I sent the automatic to 60 seconds and still didn't work.
see my other posts about the registry settings.

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:58:18 -0700, "Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote:

>RScotti wrote:
>> I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista
>> Ultimate. I just noticed today that I have no automatic restore
>> points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>>
>> I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it
>> back to them and they reload the OS. This would take about 10
>> business days to do.
>> I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix
>> this.
>>
>> They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support
>> is to have the OS load into Windows and nothing else.
>> My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>>
>> Can someone please tell me what to do.
>>
>> Have a good day,
>> RScotti
>>
>> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>On XP, the first thing you would do with this issue is to be sure you have
>enough space for restore points to be created so you need to check to be
>sure you have the space the system has alloted on all drives. If you do,
>the next step would be to turn off System Restore on all drives, then,
>reboot the system and turn it back on.
>
>It's actually a little soon to be worrying about this, especially since you
>are able to manually create restore points. It can sometimes take a little
>time before manual restore points, system checkpoints, etc. start to kick
>in.

Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

Restore points by default are set to be created automatically every 24 hours
of operation. If you feel you have to adjust this, the registry key is
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S ystemRestore The value
of RPGlobalInterval can be changed as you desire. Default is the 86,400
seconds for 24 hours. Change as you see fit.


"RScotti" <> wrote in message
news:...
> PS,
> I noticed in the registry @ HKLM \software\Microsoft\windows
> nt\currentversion\sywstemrestore
> First run is 0x00000000
> RPLifeinterval 0x00278d00
> RPsessioninterval 0x00000001
> Lastindex 0x0000004b
> RPGlobalinterval 0x00015180
> Default not set.
>
> Also as I said I did make a manual RP about an hour ago.
> Hope this additional information can help someone help me.
>
> On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:36:45 -0400, RScotti <>
> wrote:
>
>>I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I
>>just noticed today that I have no automatic
>>restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>>
>>I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back to
>>them and they reload the OS. This would take
>>about 10 business days to do.
>>I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix this.
>>
>>They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support is
>>to have the OS load into Windows and nothing
>>else.
>>My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>>
>>Can someone please tell me what to do.
>>
>>Have a good day,
>>RScotti
>>
>>remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>

RScotti wrote:
> Thanks, I have 892 GB of HD space left so that shouldn't be a problem.
>
> I just tuned it off and rebooted. I sent the automatic to 60 seconds
> and still didn't work. see my other posts about the registry settings.
>
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:58:18 -0700, "Michael Solomon"
The registry settings don't mean anything to me but they may to someone
else. That said, I'd still give it a few days to kick in on its own. One
thing you might try is to install something and see if it creates a restore
point on its own. If yes, that would pretty much indicate, it's acting
properly as events such as this are supposed to trigger SR to create a
restore point automatically.

--
Michael Solomon

Automatic restore points ala System Checkpoints are usually created after
computer has been on for minimum of 24 hours if no other action that would
generate a restore pint happens.

"RScotti" <> wrote in message
news:...
> PS,
> I noticed in the registry @ HKLM \software\Microsoft\windows
> nt\currentversion\sywstemrestore
> First run is 0x00000000
> RPLifeinterval 0x00278d00
> RPsessioninterval 0x00000001
> Lastindex 0x0000004b
> RPGlobalinterval 0x00015180
> Default not set.
>
> Also as I said I did make a manual RP about an hour ago.
> Hope this additional information can help someone help me.
>
> On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:36:45 -0400, RScotti <>
> wrote:
>
>>I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I
>>just noticed today that I have no automatic
>>restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>>
>>I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back to
>>them and they reload the OS. This would take
>>about 10 business days to do.
>>I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix this.
>>
>>They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support is
>>to have the OS load into Windows and nothing
>>else.
>>My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>>
>>Can someone please tell me what to do.
>>
>>Have a good day,
>>RScotti
>>
>>remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:21:13 -0700, "Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote:

>RScotti wrote:
>> Thanks, I have 892 GB of HD space left so that shouldn't be a problem.
>>
>> I just tuned it off and rebooted. I sent the automatic to 60 seconds
>> and still didn't work. see my other posts about the registry settings.
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:58:18 -0700, "Michael Solomon"
>The registry settings don't mean anything to me but they may to someone
>else. That said, I'd still give it a few days to kick in on its own. One
>thing you might try is to install something and see if it creates a restore
>point on its own. If yes, that would pretty much indicate, it's acting
>properly as events such as this are supposed to trigger SR to create a
>restore point automatically.

Hi Michael,
I already tried to install and it didn't help but thanks.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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System Restore ignores the registry keys at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore. They're there for backwards compatibility
with some XP scripts.

Check your Task Scheduler. You should have an automatic task there for
System Restore. Are there any errors shown there? What about in the event
log?

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"RScotti" <> wrote in message
news:...
> PS,
> I noticed in the registry @ HKLM \software\Microsoft\windows
> nt\currentversion\sywstemrestore
> First run is 0x00000000
> RPLifeinterval 0x00278d00
> RPsessioninterval 0x00000001
> Lastindex 0x0000004b
> RPGlobalinterval 0x00015180
> Default not set.
>
> Also as I said I did make a manual RP about an hour ago.
> Hope this additional information can help someone help me.
>
> On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:36:45 -0400, RScotti <>
> wrote:
>
>>I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I
>>just noticed today that I have no automatic
>>restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>>
>>I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back to
>>them and they reload the OS. This would take
>>about 10 business days to do.
>>I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix this.
>>
>>They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support is
>>to have the OS load into Windows and nothing
>>else.
>>My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>>
>>Can someone please tell me what to do.
>>
>>Have a good day,
>>RScotti
>>
>>remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:30:04 -0400, "AJR" <> wrote:

>Automatic restore points ala System Checkpoints are usually created after
>computer has been on for minimum of 24 hours if no other action that would
>generate a restore pint happens.
>
>"RScotti" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> PS,
>> I noticed in the registry @ HKLM \software\Microsoft\windows
>> nt\currentversion\sywstemrestore
>> First run is 0x00000000
>> RPLifeinterval 0x00278d00
>> RPsessioninterval 0x00000001
>> Lastindex 0x0000004b
>> RPGlobalinterval 0x00015180
>> Default not set.
>>
>> Also as I said I did make a manual RP about an hour ago.
>> Hope this additional information can help someone help me.
>>
>> On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:36:45 -0400, RScotti <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I
>>>just noticed today that I have no automatic
>>>restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones.
>>>
>>>I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back to
>>>them and they reload the OS. This would take
>>>about 10 business days to do.
>>>I am hoping there is something in the registry I can change to fix this.
>>>
>>>They said I have a DSP version and not a OEM because all they support is
>>>to have the OS load into Windows and nothing
>>>else.
>>>My Vista DVD just says Microsoft Vista OEM NOT DSP.
>>>
>>>Can someone please tell me what to do.
>>>
>>>Have a good day,
>>>RScotti
>>>
>>>remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>>
>> Have a good day,
>> RScotti
>>
>> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>>
>

As I said in my OP my computer has been on since Monday, but thanks anyway.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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