"DDW" wrote in message
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"Wandering" wrote:


"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote in message
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Paul Montgomery wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:59 -0400, wrote:

It did come up very fast the second time it was used. Hmmm ...

Told ya so! 8-D

I do have a lot of restore points so next time I clean them out I will
test it.

Instant with only a few.

As a related question.... Is it possible to automate the deletion of all
except the last n restore points? I support about 125 computers at a
local
Hospice and virtually all of them are shared computers that simply load
the OS and then execute a Citrix ICA client to connect to the server.
Their desktop and all apps are on the server.

Restore points almost serve no purpose. I might consider 1 or 2 as
potentially useful. If this can't be done, I'm leaning towards turning
the
feature off completely.....

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Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

I don't understand why you even care? The machine will manage restore
points by itself, and if more disk space requires deletion of restore
points, it will do it. Restore points are limited to 12 -15% of the disk
in
any event. So why not go on to bigger problems? Most of the folks I have
encountered worried about restore points are worried they are somehow
losing
disk space. They are not.

They ARE. 12%-15% is a lot in those cases where the machine is
running out of space, especially since that will store 20 or more
points, most of which are not needed.

Setting the system so that maybe 2% of the drive is reserved (and
eventually used) for restore points can make sense.

Also, in conjunction with shadow files, it offers
an extensive opportunity to recover lost files. Well whatever you do, good
luck.


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Obviously you will do what you want to, but you are missing the whole point.
If you need any of the space used by restore points, Vista will delete them
to make room. You don't have to do anything. You don't have to care how much
space they take because they yield it whenever it is needed. Also, if you
are down to less than 10% space on a drive, you are beginning to beg for
problems. Vista needs room to work, and so do many programs. Defragging
will take forever, and not last long. Bad things start happening.

barman58 wrote:
Hank , have a look 'here ' (http://www.winvistaclub.com/t2.html)i'm sure
that by changing the delete period for old restore points and adjusting
when they are created you can achive a working compromise.



Nice. How much of this applies to XP? None of our computers are running
Vista (or Windows Server 2008)........

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Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

Sorry hank,

as this thread is in a vista forum/newsgroup I commited the sin of
assumption

if you have a look 'here'
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=295659) it covers the
Reg keys for XP home or Prof.


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barman58 wrote:
Sorry hank,

as this thread is in a vista forum/newsgroup I commited the sin of
assumption

if you have a look 'here'
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=295659) it covers the
Reg keys for XP home or Prof.



You're right.... my mistake...... "Forty lashes with a wet noodle."... ;-)

Thanks for the follow-up.....

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Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services