| BedstorfromAP |
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| Thu Jun 22 2006 02:35 PM |
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System Restore Points eaten up Thanks to Windows Defender (Check yours!)
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I think this will apply to almost everybody with XP
I was going to make a manual System Restore Point before making some major updates.
And clicked on the link to access the Program and I know there was 3 months worth of Restore points to go back to. I made a Topic about the same not long ago...
Now thanks to Windows Defender it is down to just 9 days! With several entries(restore points) made per day!! ( roughly every 2 hours!) all saying typically...
Quote:.And any "Manual Restore Point" is lost fast.(in about 9 days)
10:06:05 PM Windows Defender Checkpoint
8:27:18 PM Windows Defender Checkpoint
3:04:26 PM Windows Defender Checkpoint
1:12:56 PM Windows Defender Checkpoint
02:09:39 AM Windows Defender Checkpoint
I didn't authorise Windows Defender to do these several times every day
Can I reduce this either to a 1 per day or week and spin out the restore points
again over a longer period?
| BurrWalnut |
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| Thu Jun 22 2006 02:44 PM |
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Re: System Restore Points eaten up Thanks to Windows Defender (Check yours!)
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You can change the interval between Windows generated system restore points :-
Start, Run, type regedit and navigate to registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore. In RPGlobalInterval, it is set to 86400 (seconds) which represents 24 hours. Right-click it and change it accordingly.
| FifeFlyer |
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| Thu Jun 22 2006 05:40 PM |
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Re: System Restore Points eaten up Thanks to Windows Defender (Check yours!)
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As i don't have windows defender i had a little trawl through the microsoft newsgroups . It seems it's a known problem , or not depending who you are , but it seems you can also overcome it by tweaking the programmes registry settings.
A link for your perusal...... here.
| BedstorfromAP |
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| Thu Jun 22 2006 06:10 PM |
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It seems everybodies baffled by it
And there are several "solutions", all by Registry editing 
(not going there)MS should have spotted this in Testing . Not released it as a full scale Beta
Somebody keep an eye out for a patch or Upgrade with this issue acknowledged and rectified (perhaps via Windows Update)?
Have a feeling it'll be August before anything is done about it
| wildthing666 |
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| Thu Jun 22 2006 09:46 PM |
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I had a problem with it and the speedtouch 330 modem every time I ran windows defender, as soon as the PC was restarted I couldn't get an internet connection unless I re installed the driver for the modem. So it was bye-bye windows defender
| Madeline |
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| Fri Jun 23 2006 05:45 AM |
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I've noticed this too, although some days it makes only one restore point. I get rid of them by running Disk Cleanup>More Options and deleting all but the most recent restore point. It doesn't stop me from creating my own restore points if I need to. Apart from this, I've had no problems with Windows Defender.
Madeline.
| maxping__ |
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| Fri Jun 23 2006 08:12 PM |
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Quote:
Have a feeling it'll be August before anything is done about it
I deleted it as i don't think its any better than the free progs you can get on the Internet.
I also cannot believe they missed the bug.
| BedstorfromAP |
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| Fri Jul 21 2006 04:09 PM |
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Update on Issue
Not resolved now down to just a week to use (7 days)
Ps Have made No adjustments in this area
| Mouse |
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| Fri Jul 21 2006 06:01 PM |
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Re: System Restore Points eaten up Thanks to Windows Defender (Check yours!)
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Bin it and use Ewido