Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned it
off as I rely on images.

In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives and
yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower. Going thru
Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was able to recover
the missing HD space.

Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
"Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C: then
clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This changed the
"Most recent restore point" to None.

Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System Restore
is off? Or is it by design?

Hi Fuzzy John,

The checkbox disables *automatic* restore points. However, a restore point
(shadow copy) is still created with each backup. This is a known issue.
Ideally we would delete the snapshots after the backup when the checkbox is
disabled, but this isn't currently implemented.

I guess you could call this "by design," even though it's not the ideal
design.

Check out our blog at
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...e/default.aspx
for more information about System Restore.

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"Fuzzy John" wrote in message
...
Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned it
off as I rely on images.

In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives
and yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower.
Going thru Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was able
to recover the missing HD space.

Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
"Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C:
then clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This changed
the "Most recent restore point" to None.

Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System
Restore is off? Or is it by design?

Thanks!



"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi Fuzzy John,

The checkbox disables *automatic* restore points. However, a restore point
(shadow copy) is still created with each backup. This is a known issue.
Ideally we would delete the snapshots after the backup when the checkbox
is disabled, but this isn't currently implemented.

I guess you could call this "by design," even though it's not the ideal
design.

Check out our blog at
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...e/default.aspx
for more information about System Restore.

--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

Want to learn more about Windows Server file and storage technologies?
Visit our team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx.


"Fuzzy John" wrote in message
...
Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned
it off as I rely on images.

In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives
and yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower.
Going thru Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was
able to recover the missing HD space.

Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
"Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C:
then clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This
changed the "Most recent restore point" to None.

Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System
Restore is off? Or is it by design?