...Perhaps it is time to tell us why you are wanting to do a restore point. If you have another problem they might be related...
Please answer the question.
I am really glad to hear that you aren't actually doing anything with hjt because you can turn your OS into garbage. You'll still be able to use your systems just after a reinstall.
In Sept 2011 got BSOD while working with MSoffice 2003.
After computer shutdown computer wouldn't boot.
Finally (after several attempts) got computer to boot in safe mode.
Then did shutdown and normal restart but boot time appeared to be very slow (cpu t5200, hd 5400 rpm, 2gb mem)
Did another Shutdown & restart and timed it to be 4+ minutes (seemed much longer than b/4 BSOD)
Ran checks for malware &/or hardware issues (full malware scans, SFC, memtest, chkdsk and other diagnostic software that came with system. Only issues found were by malware check -was some low level tracking cookies which I had the software delete.
Boot time continued to be 4+ minutes so I ran SR using an automatic RP created b/4 BSOD. This is when I 1st encountered the SR problem. Could not find any RP that would work even using safe mode and disabling/uninstalling the malware scanner and disconnecting from LAN.
Because of work, I wasn't able to complete all this until late November. (This is my personal computer not my work computer) At that time, the only changes to the system other than running some of the apps was elimination of the tracking cookies and installation of updates - Vista, Office, Java & Adobe.
So in a nutshell my only real problems are SR doesn't work and boot is slow (haven't even gotten any other BSOD's and all software seems to be working.
I would have simply done a reinstall except for the amount of time it would take considering last SP was 2009 for Vista. My major issues are that much of the software I have on the system is licensed/updated but the companies no longer exist and for other software I no longer have the installation files. Also checked and much of the software is not compatible with Win 7.
From what I have read at Microsoft web site, since I only have the Gateway Recovery disk (no service packs) and not the complete Vista OS disk, I can not do a repair install because of the difference in SP's and drivers. So at this point, I will not pursue this any further. I use Easeus to make images on an external HD, hoping if the need arises they'll work.
Thanks to everyone for the assistance.