system restore

i cant figure out where and how to adjust it in vista. in xp was easy

In Start, in Search box, type Backup and Restore Center, run as administrator. In System and Maintenance - Backup and Restore Center window in Tasks, click Create a restore point or change settings. In the next window you can adjust, check or create restore points.

as you can see no option

Follow this tutorial

thanks but that is way to confuseing: thank you for replying

right-click "my computer". select PROPERTIES. click "system protection" from the menu on the left.

thats what i get to but theres no way to adjust it

what exactly are you trying to adjust, are you wanting to run a system restore, create a restore point, or change the frequency of how often your system wants to create a restore point?

i want to make it smaller, but since the slidder way is done away with im out of luck

You'll have to edit the registry. By default Vista takes 15% of hard drive space for memory.


Open up start menu, type regedit and press enter. Accept UAC. Back up the registry first by selecting My Computer, then File, Export All. Then:

1) Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\Cfg

2) Double Click DiskPercent

3) Check/Select Decimal

4) Change the value in the value data box - from 15% to 5% for example. It must be bigger than 300MB for system restore to work.

thank you