SYSTEM RESTORE POINTS KEEP DISAPPEARING

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I am old enough to smack the smile off of the face of a SNOT NOSED, STILL

WHET BEHIND THE EARS, LITTLE BASTARD!



"Unknown" wrote in message

news:OtkP9lV7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?

> "williamtell" wrote in message

> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>> YOURSELF!

>>

>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>>

>> "Michael" wrote in message

>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>>

>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>

>>>

>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and

>>>>>> paste)

>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>

>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>

>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System

>>>>> Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> Lem

>>>>>

>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>

>>>>

>>

>>

>

>
 
Your mother gazes at you and is reminded of UNPLANNED, little bastard!



"Michael" wrote in message

news:9D327B24-5643-4BE7-88CE-3820024C2F7E@microsoft.com...

> "williamtell" wrote in message

> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>> YOURSELF!

>

> Why, when your wife always makes herself available?

>

>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>

> Talk about touching yourself.....

> --

>

>

> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>

>

>> "Michael" wrote in message

>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>>

>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>

>>>

>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and

>>>>>> paste)

>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>

>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>

>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System

>>>>> Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> Lem

>>>>>

>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>

>>>>

>>

>>
 
Be advised that as soon as you turn SR off, all restore points will be

erased.

--

SC Tom



"kandinsky63" wrote in message

news:%23EP42XW7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> tanx - will try this

> "Michael T" wrote in message

> news:3lGEn.10$h57.3@newsfe22.iad...

>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>> news:eCdW9eJ7KHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>> I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that

>>> there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System

>>> restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why?

>>>

>>

>> Other XP users have reported that the System Restore file can become

>> corrupted / fragmented. I know I have gone through periods (about 1 yr

>> ago) where I noticed it not working.

>>

>> The recommended solution is:

>> 1) Close all running apps in the Task Bar

>> 2) Turn off Sys Restore (Ctl Panel >System > System Restore (tab)

>> 3) Run Disk Cleanup

>> 4) Run Disk Defragmenter

>> 5) Turn on Sys Restore

>>

>>

>

>
 
Leave your kids out of this!



--





"Don't pick a fight with an old man.

If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."





"williamtell" wrote in message

news:OvMHVeW7KHA.4508@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> I am old enough to smack the smile off of the face of a SNOT NOSED, STILL

> WHET BEHIND THE EARS, LITTLE BASTARD!

>

> "Unknown" wrote in message

> news:OtkP9lV7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?

>> "williamtell" wrote in message

>> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>>> YOURSELF!

>>>

>>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>>>

>>> "Michael" wrote in message

>>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and

>>>>>>> paste)

>>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB"

>>>>>>> (without

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of

>>>>>> System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>>

>>>>>> --

>>>>>> Lem

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

>
 
Crap! Now you've insulted me to the limit. I guess my next step is to find

a soft rock to hide under.



LOL!



NOT!



--





"Don't pick a fight with an old man.

If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."





"williamtell" wrote in message

news:#enMeHX7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Your mother gazes at you and is reminded of UNPLANNED, little bastard!

>

> "Michael" wrote in message

> news:9D327B24-5643-4BE7-88CE-3820024C2F7E@microsoft.com...

>> "williamtell" wrote in message

>> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>>> YOURSELF!

>>

>> Why, when your wife always makes herself available?

>>

>>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>>

>> Talk about touching yourself.....

>> --

>>

>>

>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>

>>

>>> "Michael" wrote in message

>>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and

>>>>>>> paste)

>>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB"

>>>>>>> (without

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of

>>>>>> System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>>

>>>>>> --

>>>>>> Lem

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>>>

>

>
 
No, he has no strong point. I told him once before he has his arrows

upsidedown in his quiver.

"Michael" wrote in message

news:B6E462CA-1092-453C-A685-D1B249017D7E@microsoft.com...

> Spelling isn't his strong point. Come to think of it, I doubt he has a

> strong point.

>

> --

>

>

> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>

>

> "Unknown" wrote in message

> news:OtkP9lV7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?

>> "williamtell" wrote in message

>> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>>> YOURSELF!

>>>

>>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>>>

>>> "Michael" wrote in message

>>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and

>>>>>>> paste)

>>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB"

>>>>>>> (without

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of

>>>>>> System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>>

>>>>>> --

>>>>>> Lem

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>
 
Just your style-------picking on children.

"williamtell" wrote in message

news:OvMHVeW7KHA.4508@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I am old enough to smack the smile off of the face of a SNOT NOSED, STILL

>WHET BEHIND THE EARS, LITTLE BASTARD!

>

> "Unknown" wrote in message

> news:OtkP9lV7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?

>> "williamtell" wrote in message

>> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>>> YOURSELF!

>>>

>>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>>>

>>> "Michael" wrote in message

>>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and

>>>>>>> paste)

>>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB"

>>>>>>> (without

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of

>>>>>> System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>>

>>>>>> --

>>>>>> Lem

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

>
 
"I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!": Love it!! lol







In news:eMhzp$g7KHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,

Unknown typed:

> No, he has no strong point. I told him once before he has

> his arrows upsidedown in his quiver.

> "Michael" wrote in message

> news:B6E462CA-1092-453C-A685-D1B249017D7E@microsoft.com...

>> Spelling isn't his strong point. Come to think of it, I

>> doubt he has a strong point.

>>

>> --

>>

>>

>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>

>>

>> "Unknown" wrote in message

>> news:OtkP9lV7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?

>>> "williamtell" wrote in message

>>> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be

>>>> constructive GO TOUCH YOURSELF!

>>>>

>>>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE

>>>> THROUGH YOUR SCULL! "Michael" wrote in message

>>>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin'

>>>>> smart why did you have to post here in the first place?

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in

>>>>> message news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do

>>>>>> have some understanding of system restore and how it

>>>>>> works - i didnt need a lecture in a link to remind me.

>>>>>> To reiterate, I posted my original query cos i hadnt

>>>>>> seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP

>>>>>> SP3 and has set his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of

>>>>>> 300GB? "Lem" wrote in message

>>>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated,

>>>>>>>> type (or copy and paste)

>>>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c:

>>>>>>>> /maxsize=10GB" (without

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP

>>>>>>> newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System

>>>>>>> Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands

>>>>>>> aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to

>>>>>>> change the

>>>>>>> amount of storage allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand

>>>>>>> System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's

>>>>>>> excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that

>>>>>>> discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in

>>>>>>> considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also

>>>>>>> includes a brief description of how to use Restore in

>>>>>>> Win 7). --

>>>>>>> Lem

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
Do tell...



--





"Don't pick a fight with an old man.

If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."





"Unknown" wrote in message

news:eMhzp$g7KHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> No, he has no strong point. I told him once before he has his arrows

> upsidedown in his quiver.

> "Michael" wrote in message

> news:B6E462CA-1092-453C-A685-D1B249017D7E@microsoft.com...

>> Spelling isn't his strong point. Come to think of it, I doubt he has a

>> strong point.

>>

>> --

>>

>>

>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>

>>

>> "Unknown" wrote in message

>> news:OtkP9lV7KHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?

>>> "williamtell" wrote in message

>>> news:ORWQxcV7KHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH

>>>> YOURSELF!

>>>>

>>>> BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL!

>>>>

>>>> "Michael" wrote in message

>>>> news:u6qP3tU7KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you

>>>>> have to post here in the first place?

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Don't pick a fight with an old man.

>>>>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "kandinsky63" wrote in message

>>>>> news:OgULNOU7KHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some

>>>>>> understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a

>>>>>> lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original

>>>>>> query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system

>>>>>> restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set

>>>>>> his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB?

>>>>>> "Lem" wrote in message

>>>>>> news:OQ4M$dT7KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>> Bob wrote:

>>>>>>>> Open an Admin Command Prompt.

>>>>>>>> To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy

>>>>>>>> and paste)

>>>>>>>> "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB"

>>>>>>>> (without

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP

>>>>>>> doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those

>>>>>>> vssadmin commands aren't available in XP.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage

>>>>>>> allocated for System Restore.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I

>>>>>>> directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site

>>>>>>> (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of

>>>>>>> System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and

>>>>>>> also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7).

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> --

>>>>>>> Lem

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

>>>>>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>

>
 
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