Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

techgeek — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:43:33 GMT

Very creative tweaking!

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Antonio — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:19:06 GMT

Great! it does work on my XP Box.

However, it will discard all your previous restore points.

Thanks,

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Carlo Cardella — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:19:52 GMT

Antonio,

Uhm... possible... did you run it on your XP box? I didn't test on it but just on Win2003 because I wanted to have the System Restore feature there, I already had it on my XP machine... anyway thanks for let us know! :-)

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Antonio — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:11:35 GMT

Carloc,

Yes, I had to do it on my working XP box, because I've caught some naughty sort of virus that simply inhibited/destroyed my System Restore.

I did it with the help of an XP CD, as you mentioned above, to restore the missing parts, such as the driver 'sr.sys'.

The outcome is: now I can use the System Restore again.

Maybe this will help somebody in the future.

Thanks again.

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Leonard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:33:53 GMT

Hey,

It hasnt worked for me, I did the all process and i even got the restore tab in the systems but when i try to run it says system restore is not able to protect my computer and i should restart and run again.

Do i need to add SRService as key, string, binary or word? which one? and where exactly? is it inside netsvcs or as a key in it???

please help, i like my win2003 server and really need this feature here.

Thanks

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Carlo Cardella — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:36:50 GMT

Hi Leonard, after selecting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost key, on the right pane you'll see "netsvcs" which is a multi-string value; you have to double-click it and at the end of the string list you have to add "SRService".

See the two screenshots: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/468106018_561ed3df27.jpg?v=0 and http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/468106012_055fae062c.jpg?v=0

Hope this helps...

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Leonard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:00:19 GMT

Hi Carloc,

Thanks alot it just work fine after the screen shots and the process you gave it to me. Hope we you can always be available for other problems related to windows 2003 and may be microsoft and other computing things in general.

Thanks once again.

Leonard

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Leonard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:12:02 GMT

hey i have this problem with my windows 2003 server,

I created a password for symantec antivirus so that any time i want to run i have to put the password. This is becoming a nuisance to me since anytime i want to update or even scan my computer i have to put the password, unfortunately i have forgotten the place where i set the password. Is it in windows group or its in the antivirus? Does someone know this?

Thanks,

Leonard

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Carlo Cardella — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:13:05 GMT

I'm not completely sure because I don't know the Symantec antivirus that well, but I think you should start investigate this with them; Symantec support should be able to tell you where they store those passwords

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Leonard — Sun, 06 May 2007 21:24:13 GMT

now my restore isnt working... i created a restore point on 22nd april 2003, but i tried today but its not working... could anyone know what the problem is.. i have a few programs which have conflict in my computer and i want to get rid of them..

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Ivette — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:01:01 GMT

I recenty updated my windows 2003 server and it did fail have way because i didn't have enough space in c:\ the hard drive so what i did is i tried to uninstall service pack 2 and start all over again but i couldn't and then i went to add/remove programs and the service pack 2 is there but still says in the windows updates that i am missing it. so i can not do updates any more in windows 2003 server. what do i do

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Carlo Cardella — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:38:12 GMT

Sorry, I'm not a platform specialist, this seems an issue my colleagues from the CSS Platform team may help you with... have a look at http://support.microsoft.com and consider opening a support call to get the help you need.

HTH

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Gulshan Kumar — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:09:34 GMT

Budy,

It's very important tool for any administrator. So, you will find a way to restore widows.

It very work full for me.

Thanks

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re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Ton Pirog — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:28:01 GMT

Did all the above, service is running - but when i click on "System Restore" nothing happens. Anyone have any ideas?

Tony - tonypirog@htomail.com

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

Antakar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:51:46 GMT

It doesnt work for me.

Ok i got System Restore in System Properties, but when i try to run rstrui.exe, i am getting error message that:

Windows cannot find 'rstrui.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly , and try again. To search for a file...etc,etc.

So i copied a file 'rstrui.ex_' from XP cd and placed it into system32 dir on 2k3 system and then changed it to 'rstrui.exe'.

Now, i run it from Run..., console windows blinks and...that is it.

Anyone knows why its like that?

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

LoungeLizard — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:27:28 GMT

Just changing the name is not acceptable. Most all files in the I386 are Microsoft's archived cabinet files - to verify, open the file in a text editor (or HexEditor) and if the first 4 characters are MSCF (4D 53 43 46), then you have a cabinet file, not a regular "standard" file.

Your console window blinks because it open and closes immediately - nothing happened, it errored out. If you try running it from within the console, you'll see an error message...

Either copy the file from a working XP or download Microsoft's CAB sdk (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310618)

HTH - da Lizard

re: Enable System Restore on Windows 2003

ryoun1b — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:54:40 GMT

Hi,

I came across an SBS 2003 machine where this was installed. Is there any way to uninstall the same?

Please provide registry details if it has to be done manually.

Any help is appreciated here.

Thanks!