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Hello everyone,

I have a problem with one of my laptop computer that runs on Vista SP1.
On that computer I have two disks (which are partitions)
None has a restore point, and in the System Protection tab of System Properties it says : Restore point creation disabled by Group Policy.
That computer is one of my four (3 laptops and one desktop), all the other three has restore point creation enabled, and I don't know how to set the Group Policy so that last computer could create restore points.
Thank you in advance for your help.

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by computercookie

type in "gpedit.msc" expand computer configuration, expand administrative templates.

Double click on system restore, double click on turn off system restore, set to disabled, click on OK and close.

Post back if this doesn't work.

by nhiep_nguyen

Hello,

Thank you for the suggestion but when I try to run gpedit.msc in the run window it says : Windows cannot find gpedit.msc and in the Command Line window it says, gpedit is not recognize as an internal or external command.
My Vista version is Home Edition Premium with SP1.

by rob miners

Start, click Run, and then type gpedit.msc and hit Enter.

< Just to add Vista Help & Support is really worth looking at :) >

by rob miners

Windows cannot find 'gpedit'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.

If this is the Error Message that you are getting it is because you have only typed in gpedit
You need to type in the full file name gpedit.msc

Here is an extract from the Help file.

Group Policy Management Console
The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) snap-in provides a single user interface through which to manage Group Policy across an enterprise. GPMC consists of a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and a set of scriptable interfaces for managing Group Policy.

You can find the GPMC snap-in in the following location: %windir%\System32\gpedit.msc

Important:
It may be necessary to run MMC with elevated privileges even if your account is in the Computer Administrators group.

To open MMC with elevated privileges, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and then point to Run as administrator. If Windows displays a security message asking your permission to run this program, click Allow. In the command prompt that opens, type mmc.exe to start MMC. In the console tree of MMC, click File, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then select Group Policy Object Editor and Group Policy Management and click Add.

Group Policy Object Editor
Group Policy Object Editor is an MMC snap-in that you can use to edit Group Policy objects (GPOs). After GPMC is installed, you can open Group Policy Object Editor from GPMC.

You can find this MMC snap-in in the following location: %windir%\System32\gpedit.msc

To open the local Group Policy Object Editor, click Start, click Run, and then type gpedit.msc.

by rob miners

gpedit.msc is only available in Business, Enterprise and Ultimate.

by nhiep_nguyen

Thank you.

Actually I could not find gpedit.msc anywhere on the computer. In system32 there is only gpedit.dll.
As for my restore point issue, I took the easy way albeit tedious one, namely to execute Recovery to Factory delidered state and reinstalled all the apps. The restore point utilities are back and I could create restore points.
I don't know how and why that group policy interfered at the first place!
Thank you.

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