System Restore problem

[zoltan2004]

My system restore only goes back one day. I need to go back further to fix my problem. I don't think it is picking restore points automatically as it once did. Any help would be great.

[Montego]

try increasing the maximum hard drive space used by System restore. A small size can limit the number of restore points available.

Just click "System Restore settings" in the System Restore Welcome screen.

p.s. - you still won't be able to go back any further than whats available now.

[NicRic]

Ifound there to be a problem with system restore not reverting yor PC bask to a chosen restore point if a Windows Update has been installed inbetween the two points currnt system and rstore point same with Norton virus definition updates .With Nortom this is a problem that has beern going on since my first version of Norton 2000 to my current version 2006 and with two differant O/S on two differant PC's ,Windows Me ona P3 750MHz and WinXP MCE 2005 on a 2.8Gig Dual Core processor ? Whats up with this bug ?

[Cathy_Walter]

do this only if u are comfortable with the registry :

Normally Windows uses up to 15 percent of a drive’s available space to save restore points. In XP, the option to change this figure was configurable from the System Restore tab of the System Properties dialog box. But sadly this option is no longer offered in Vista.
But u can do so as follows :
Open regedit and go to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\
SystemRestore\Cfg Double-click the DiskPercent.
The default is f (in hexadecimal) which is 15 in decimal. For making it say 10% type 'a'
Now again, how frequently you'd like to have your SystemRestore points auto-created can also b configured as follows :
Open regedit and go to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion
\SystemRestore
You can change the value RPGlobalInterval from its default setting of 86,400 seconds (24 hours) to, say, 43200 (a8c0) if u want it created every 12 hrs.
As and how your new restore points get created, the older ones get deleted due to the availble space contstraint.

Source :
Customizing The System Restore Options.
http://www.winvistaclub.com/tips.html