Problem with system restore

[patchy1982]

I had been having a few problems recently with my system and had to do a clean boot and more or less solved it but now system restore isnt working. Iv already went back in to services and turned on the necessary things for it to work but still cant get it going. Keep getting error 0x80070032. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

 

[richc46]

Welcome
Did you check these items?
Error 0x80070032 when creating a System Restore point in Windows Vista

 

[patchy1982]

Yes, event logger and task scheduler services are both enabled. They wernt but I had already came across that help page and did what it said but when I restarted I got the same error message unfortunately

 

[richc46]

People that write virus are very smart. They do not want you to make SR so that the virus can be removed.
Make sure this is not your problem
Make a full and upadated anti virus scan
Download and make a full updated scan with malwarebytes.

 

[patchy1982]

Ill try that when I get home. Thanks for the advice. I will report back

 

[richc46]

Take your time
The two scans if done properly, should take at least 90 minutes. Be sure to make it a full scan.

 

[patchy1982]

I am in the process of running AVG and Malwarebytes scan but I came across a possible fix here

Answers.com - How can I repair System Restore

Problem is iv looked for such a folder and it doesnt exist??

 

[ilikefree]

Well I get a virus alert when I go to the link you post.
What is the folder you are looking for?
Have you unchecked the don't show hidden files check box in folder options,view?

 

[patchy1982]

Yes just tried that, still no sign of the file

 

[patchy1982]

Thought I had the problem solved but just encountered another error while restoring. I went to services to double check task scheduler was running and right enough it was on automatic but wasnt started so I started it manually and proceeded with system restore. Just when I thought it was working got another error 0x8004230f, shadow copy provider had an unexpected error

 

[patchy1982]

Problem solved

Got info on another site about re-registering the VSS dlls and it worked. System restore created

Heres the info I got, may help someone else

in an elevated command prompt:
Type the following lines hitting enter after each line.
Stop the Volume Shadow Copy service by typing: net stop vss
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
Vssvc /Register
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 es.dll
regsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 msxml4.dll
Start the Volume Shadow Copy service by typing: net start vss

Vista Ultimate - Cannot Create System Restore Point - Error 0x800423F - Microsoft Answers

 

[niemiro]

Hello!

Really glad that you found a fix. This is for future users.

The above fix is perfect for Vista, and worth trying. The fix at the bottom of that above thread, Vista Ultimate - Cannot Create System Restore Point - Error 0x800423F - Microsoft Answers

about subinacl is for Windows XP only. Following that will harm your Vista in the future in an unrecoverable way. Permissions are not meant to be changed like this in Vista.

Please be warned!

Richard