System Restore automatically at startup

In XP I had SysRestore create a restore point automatically at first boot-up
of each day (believe it was a vbs file in Startup, from Kelley's Korner).
In fact, it ran in the background, requiring no user input.

Does anyone know how to do the same thing in Vista?

Thanks in advance,

George

On Aug 15, 3:40*pm, "George" <n...@null.net> wrote:
> In XP I had SysRestore create a restore point automatically at first boot-up
> of each day (believe it was a vbs file in Startup, from Kelley's Korner).
> In fact, it ran in the background, requiring no user input.
>
> Does anyone know how to do the same thing in Vista?

Click the Start orb and type "scheduler" into the Start Search box.

When it opens, click Library, then Microsoft, then Windows.

Look at all the options in the System Restore area and see if you can
do what you want.

Is this what you are looking for:
http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtop...146&p=232#p232

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"George" <> wrote in message
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> In XP I had SysRestore create a restore point automatically at first
> boot-up of each day (believe it was a vbs file in Startup, from Kelley's
> Korner). In fact, it ran in the background, requiring no user input.
>
> Does anyone know how to do the same thing in Vista?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> George
>
>
>

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:15:17 -0400, "PaulM" <> wrote:

>Is this what you are looking for:
>http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtop...146&p=232#p232

Was that carried over from XP Paul, or is it written and tested for
Vista?

It was re-done for Vista, by me.

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"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:15:17 -0400, "PaulM" <> wrote:
>
>>Is this what you are looking for:
>>http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtop...146&p=232#p232
>
> Was that carried over from XP Paul, or is it written and tested for
> Vista?

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:56:46 -0400, "PaulM" <> wrote:

>It was re-done for Vista, by me.

Thanks.

Paul M, thanks a million. I ran it manually and it works perfectly. Have
put it in the Startup folder and look forward to having it "do its thing"
automatically tomorrow morning at bootup.

Thanks again,

George


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> "George" <> wrote in message
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>> In XP I had SysRestore create a restore point automatically at first
>> boot-up of each day (believe it was a vbs file in Startup, from Kelley's
>> Korner). In fact, it ran in the background, requiring no user input.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to do the same thing in Vista?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>>

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:43:26 -0300, "George" <> wrote:

>Paul M, thanks a million. I ran it manually and it works perfectly. Have
>put it in the Startup folder and look forward to having it "do its thing"
>automatically tomorrow morning at bootup.

You might want to turn off auto system restore and leave open the
option to do manual restore (the script is manual).

Do you have any idea how much space each restore point takes? This
isn't anything like XP where you can store months of restore points on
a few gigs of space.

Paul Montgomery, you bring up a good point. In fact, I'm trying to find
where in Vista you can set the maximum amount of megabytes for restore
points, like the slider that lets you do this in XP. I'm totally new to
Vista and have a steep learning curve ahead!

Thanks,

George


"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:43:26 -0300, "George" <> wrote:
>
>>Paul M, thanks a million. I ran it manually and it works perfectly. Have
>>put it in the Startup folder and look forward to having it "do its thing"
>>automatically tomorrow morning at bootup.
>
> You might want to turn off auto system restore and leave open the
> option to do manual restore (the script is manual).
>
> Do you have any idea how much space each restore point takes? This
> isn't anything like XP where you can store months of restore points on
> a few gigs of space.

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:09:41 -0400, "George" <> wrote:

>Paul Montgomery, you bring up a good point. In fact, I'm trying to find
>where in Vista you can set the maximum amount of megabytes for restore
>points, like the slider that lets you do this in XP. I'm totally new to
>Vista and have a steep learning curve ahead!

Unfortunately it's a hidden thing and something that you have to open
a command window to do.

By default, Vista reserves 15% of your system drive for restore
points. Here's a link with instructions on how to view/change that.

http://www.petri.co.il/change_amount...e_in_vista.htm


>Thanks,
>
>George
>
>
>"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
>news.. .
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:43:26 -0300, "George" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Paul M, thanks a million. I ran it manually and it works perfectly. Have
>>>put it in the Startup folder and look forward to having it "do its thing"
>>>automatically tomorrow morning at bootup.
>>
>> You might want to turn off auto system restore and leave open the
>> option to do manual restore (the script is manual).
>>
>> Do you have any idea how much space each restore point takes? This
>> isn't anything like XP where you can store months of restore points on
>> a few gigs of space.