System Restore Not Functioning

If you are running Windows XP Home and after going through the System Restore process, a message stating "Cannot restore the computer to an earlier restore point, no changes have been made to your computer" pops up, try the procedure listed below to restore its functionality.

Right click [My Computer] [Properties] then click on System Restore tab.
Put a check in the box for Disable Restore on all drives.
Click apply, then Reboot your PC.
After the system reboots, navigate to the System Restore tab and turn it back on. Click apply.
Navigate to [System Tools] [Restore...] and choose [Create a Restore Point]
Provide a name for the new restore point.
Try and restore the new point just created. It should work properly.





Open a command prompt window:

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type "CMD" (without the quotation marks).
2. Press the ENTER key, and then type "Net Start" (without the quotation marks) at the command prompt to make sure that
the System Restore service is up and running.


An alternative to the usual method of enabling and disabling Windows XP's System Restore feature is to use the registry. To use this alternative, perform the following steps: Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore.
If a "DisableSR" value doesn't exist, go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORD value, and create the value.
Set the value to 1 to disable System Restore or 0 to enable System Restore.

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sr to prevent the System Restore service from starting.

Double-click Start, and set the value to 4 to stop the service from starting or to 0 for normal startup. Close the registry editor.

A copy, delete, modify operation was made to a file monitored by System Restore. This typically causes System Restore to suspend across the system.

'System restore was unable to start due to a missing Framedyn.dll. Please reinstall the application to fix this problem'.
Address this issue by copying the framedyn.dll file from the \windows\system32\wbem directory to the \windows\system32 directory.

Folder Options\View

How can I see system files such as .dll or .inf in Windows?
untick Hide extensions for known file types
Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)

Tick Show hidden files & folders

Generate a system restore Cab file:

1.Click Start, then Run

2.Type or paste: %windir%\system32\restore\srdiag.exe and click OK

3.A command window will open while the Srdiag.exe runs. The command session will automatically close when complete, and the .cab file will be created in your Windows\system32\restore directory. This can take several minutes.

Look at the event logs to investigate any system restore errors
To check event logs:

1.Click Start, Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance

2.Click Administrative Tools, Computer Management, double-click Event Viewer, then click System

3.Click the Source tab to sort by name, and then type for "sr" or "srservice." Double-click each of these services, and then evaluate the event description for the cause of the problem.

Verify that the System Restore services are running on my computer.
Use the following procedure:
To verify that System Restore services are running from Control Panel:

1.Click Start, Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance

2.Click Administrative Tools, Computer Management, then Services and Applications.

3.Click Services, and then click System Restore Services. Ensure the service is set to Automatic and the status is Started

To verify that System Restore services are running using the command prompt:

1.Click Start, Run, then type CMD in the control box

2.Press Enter, then type Net Start at the command prompt.

Task Scheduler should be running for System Restore

How can I verify that the Task Scheduler is running on my computer?
Use the following procedure:
To verify that Task Scheduler is running from Control Panel:

1.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click "Performance and Maintenance".

2.Click Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, and then click Services and Applications.

3.Click Services, then Task Scheduler service to ensure the Service is set to Automatic and the status is Started

To verify that Task Scheduler is running using the command prompt:

1.Click Start, Run, then type CMD in the control box

2.Press Enter, then type Net Start at the command prompt to ensure that the Task Scheduler service is running

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