access denied system restore

[Iknownothing]

running window xp on personal laptop and can't access system restore. Is there a registry editor for dummies?

[narada]

What do you need to edit the registry for? There are a number of different programs you could use depending on what you want to do.

[19bab79]

this link here talks about reinstalling system restore and claims that it fixed the problem:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showth ... p?t=194620

[Iknownothing]

I get a message "you don't have permission to run system restore contact your admin." I am on a personal laptop not on a work pc or server. I was hoping to find the file that is causing the problem and delete it.

[19bab79]

have you tried logging in as administrator and doing what you want? if you haven't disabled the administrator account, try logging in as Administrator with no password.

[Hacked Off]

http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_volu ... older1.htm

[X_M4n]

forget system restore, chances are you have have a shitload of viruses and other crap loaded on your box, instead reformat the drive, reformatting will not only wipe away any crap you have such as malware etc, but it is also helps your partition stay healthy

[19bab79]

forget system restore, chances are you have have a shitload of viruses and other crap loaded on your box, instead reformat the drive, reformatting will not only wipe away any crap you have such as malware etc, but it is also helps your partition stay healthy

good advice he should probably scan his drive to make sure of that before he went to this extreme, and even if he was infected why not try to clean the pc first before blasting it? noob.

[foldingstock]

good advice he should probably scan his drive to make sure of that before he went to this extreme, and even if he was infected why not try to clean the pc first before blasting it? noob.

Running a scan first is a wise idea. Personally, if there is any "malware" on the computer, I would not trust it to ever be completely clean again. If the computer in question is ever used for anything remotely sensitive (online ordering/banking, etc), wiping is a better bet than attempting to clean.

[19bab79]

If the computer in question is ever used for anything remotely sensitive (online ordering/banking, etc), wiping is a better bet than attempting to clean.

true.

[X_M4n]

you could scan before you reformatt but it makes no real sense since reformatting will delete the partition anyways