Is it possible to reduce Restore point memory in Vista (as in XP)?

In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
including its advantages.

When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista Business
would not even offer me the information how much memory had been
allocated to this utility.)

Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
knows better")

occam wrote:
> In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
> Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
> including its advantages.
>
> When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
> impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista
> Business would not even offer me the information how much memory had
> been allocated to this utility.)
>
> Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
> knows better")
=====================================
I think I would leave well enough alone but
if you are running low on hard drive space...
maybe the following article will offer some
ideas.

Windows Vista -
Reduce System Restore's
Disk Usage in Vista
http://tinyurl.com/3azp82

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John Inzer wrote:
> occam wrote:
>> In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
>> Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
>> including its advantages.
>>
>> When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
>> impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista
>> Business would not even offer me the information how much memory had
>> been allocated to this utility.)
>>
>> Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
>> knows better")
> =====================================
> I think I would leave well enough alone but
> if you are running low on hard drive space...
> maybe the following article will offer some
> ideas.
>
> Windows Vista -
> Reduce System Restore's
> Disk Usage in Vista
> http://tinyurl.com/3azp82
>


Thanks John for the pointer. It looks like changing Vista's setting is
far too geeky for me to contemplate. (In XP there is an official
'slider' which allows you to set it from anywhere between 500M to 'way
high'.)

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:45:36 +0200, occam <> wrote:

> In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
> Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
> including its advantages.
>
> When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
> impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista Business
> would not even offer me the information how much memory had been
> allocated to this utility.)
>
> Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
> knows better")


It's harder in Vista, but you can read here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...sage-in-vista/

or http://tinyurl.com/3azp82

If you follow those directions, don't do it while shaving and take
care not to multiple entities needlessly. :-)


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Hi,

How to adjust disk space in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

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


occam wrote:
> In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
> Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
> including its advantages.
>
> When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
> impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista Business
> would not even offer me the information how much memory had been
> allocated to this utility.)
>
> Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
> knows better")

Thanks Bert. When i said "In XP the procedure for reducing memory space
allocated to Restore Points is well documented" I was referring to your
excellent site.

I'll skip the Vista procedures though ('leave well enough alone') -
until these are better understood.

occam

Bert Kinney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How to adjust disk space in Windows Vista:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html
>
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
> Member: http://dts-l.org
>
>
> occam wrote:
>> In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
>> Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
>> including its advantages.
>>
>> When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
>> impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista
>> Business would not even offer me the information how much memory had
>> been allocated to this utility.)
>>
>> Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
>> knows better")

OK, thanks Occam.


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


occam wrote:
> Thanks Bert. When i said "In XP the procedure for reducing memory space
> allocated to Restore Points is well documented" I was referring to your
> excellent site.
>
> I'll skip the Vista procedures though ('leave well enough alone') -
> until these are better understood.
>
> occam
>
> Bert Kinney wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How to adjust disk space in Windows Vista:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>> Member: http://dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> occam wrote:
>>> In XP the procedure for reducing memory space allocated to Restore
>>> Points (12% of total disk space by default!) is well documented -
>>> including its advantages.
>>>
>>> When I tried to re-produce it for Vista, I got defeated by the
>>> impenetrable 'teflon' options offered by the system. (My Vista
>>> Business would not even offer me the information how much memory had
>>> been allocated to this utility.)
>>>
>>> Pointers please (and advice, if I should not reduce it "because Vista
>>> knows better")