William Beard

OK Jill...

It's done. I reinstalled Vista. In fact, the drive had been partitioned
(by the seller) so I removed the partition to insure a new clean drive C:.
The problem with the Group Policy is GONE. I can and did do a system
restore from a CD boot.

One problem, though!
I created three restore points myself, not counting the points the system
created. They all reported as successful completion. When the Window
opened to select the point to restore from, there were only four (4) points
listed. Both, from the selection from the System properties window, and
from the CD (reboot), only four choices were available.

I just now created a new point then checked the System properties and it
showed the new point in the queue and the count was five. I think that upon
rebooting (or shutting down), the system only keeps four of the latest
points and at least does not SHOW any others (I don't know if the system
actually deletes them or just doesn't show them.) even though there is room
in the window listing for maybe a dozen point to be displayed. I do not
know what the criteria is, but I have Vista a 232 (usable) GB Hard Drive.
I'm sure there is room for more than four or five restore points. In fact,
if nothing else, the system should have kept my original system point. So,
if need be, I could have returned the system files to their original
condition. Thereby, eliminating the need to reinstall in order to get the
system files back to their starting point.

Firstly, there should be space reserved for system backups just as the MFT
has non-movable continuous reserved disk space, so to should the system
backups have the same consideration. As for the size, it can be a
percentage of the disk space available (even user adjustable).

Secondly, if the queue for the points are restricted to four (for whatever
reason), then it would be a relatively simple programming job to keep the
first point and cycle the next three points.

Jill, I think this is an important point for all users who doesn't want to,
at some point, have to buy a new copy of Vista just because Microsoft put a
cap on reinstalls.

Lastly, if you would like me to post any of the Event Logs error that are
reoccurring, let me know. Oh, and by the way, I have NAV reinstalled and it
does not affect the system restore point function at all.

"William Beard" <wabeard6596@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Jill,
>
> Unstable is a good word for it. OK, on your advise, I'll start over. I
> just hope Microsoft doesn't freak-out. They don't seem to understand
> about users starting over. They tend to think you're trying to cheat
> them. I'll see you on the flipside and let you know if it worked. This
> may take a couple of days. Thanks for working with me. Later, later..
>
>