>I have tried everything. Vista Home will not allow me to make a restore
>point or backup. I thought maybe a file was corrupt so I reinstalled Vista
>as an Upgrade but it gave me the error (after 1-1/2 hours of running) The
>upgrade was not sucessful. Your previous version of windows is being
>restored. But It just looped and looped for 2 more hours. I'm patient...
>So then I reformatted the drive C and did a clean install. Eureka.
>Backups are back working and restore points work. What a pain. I'm not
>touching another thing. If it aint broke "Don't fix it" Thanks for
>trying. I appreciate it.
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv[ at ]invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:9F5CAA7F-F0E3-4509-BEBA-1FD4DE4F54ED[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> Merle
>>
>> Group Policy Editor (GPEdit.msc) and Security Policy Editor (SecPol.msc)
>> are not included in the Home versions of Vista.
>>
>> You can configure most of the same settings in the Home versions, but
>> they have to ber done using direct registry edits.
>>
>> The only way I have been able to re-create the "Restore Point creation
>> disabled by group policy" error message you are seeing is if one or more
>> of the following registry entries are present.
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsNT\SystemRestore
>> DisableSR REG_DWORD 1
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsNT\SystemRestore\
>> DisableConfig REG_DWORD 1
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings
>> DisableSystemRestore REG_DWORD 1
>>
>> Check the registry for these keys and if they are present, change the
>> Value to 0 (Zero).
>>
>> Another comment. Many people, in an effort to try and speed up the
>> system, will start tweaking the Services or Registry settings. They may
>> even use a third party "tweaking tool" or other type of utility to
>> accomplish this. I always try to discourage this practice since many
>> times it can lead to unexpected behavior and other times completely
>> destroy the installed OS.
>>
>> If this is something that you may have done, try reverting back to the
>> default values that may have been changed.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Merle" <planogram[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:935F07AD-30D5-49F0-8D26-EB8A81A1127A[ at ]microsoft.com...
>>>
>>> The problem is: When I make a change to my system i.e. new driver, etc
>>> I
>>> would like to create a system restore point just in case of a
>>> malfunction.
>>> When I try to create a restore point I get this message on my Systems
>>> Property Window under the tab system protection Automatic Restore
>>> Point
>>> "Configuration is disabled by group policy" and "Restore Point creation
>>> disabled by group policy." What kind of system protection is that? Is
>>> it
>>> protecting my system from my protection? Yes I think so. Is there
>>> anyway
>>> to change the group policy on windows Vista Premium since it is
>>> unavailable
>>> in the premium version? Wow. This PC belongs to ME not Microsoft.
>>>
>>> I have tried to repair my installation. I have lost the ability to
>>> create a
>>> restore point and I cannot make a back up. I have tried every solution
>>> offered to me on the NG but nothing works. A re-install seems to be the
>>> only way to me. I'm no expert on this subject but I thought it might be
>>> worth a try.
>>>
>>> My back up is supposed to be backed up on My second drive (New
>>> Volume L) and has 91 gb free. Drive L is the only drive enabled for
>>> back up
>>> and is far from being full. I have gone to the registry and deleted the
>>> DisableConfig value and I have tried unchecking Hide hidden files and
>>> folders Cleared the Hide protected operating system files, and still
>>> cannot
>>> make a backup. I thought Vista Basic was the only system with Group
>>> Policy
>>> control. I am using vista Premium. I just don't know what else to do.
>>>
>>>
>>