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Aug 13, 2020 Note. The Microsoft Defender Antivirus cloud service is a mechanism for delivering updated protection to your network and endpoints. Although it is called a cloud service, it is not simply protection for files stored in the cloud; rather, it uses distributed resources and machine learning to deliver protection to your endpoints at a rate that is far faster than traditional Security. When you start the System Restore utility (rstrui.exe), the message System Restore has been turned off by your system administrator. To turn on System Restore, contact your system administrator.' Also when you open System Properties and select the System Protection tab, the Create button may be grayed out,.
About system restore point in Windows 10
System restore point in Windows 10 holds important system files like registry keys on aspecified data. System restore point can be used to restore your system to its early point.And when your computer is unbootable, you can try to fix this problem by restoring yoursystem in Safe Mode using restore point. And it is advised to check the affected programsbefore restoring system.
Unable to create system restore point in Windows 10
Situation 1: I have a computer running Windows 10 and I intended to create asystem restore point, so that I can restore my computer to previous state. But when rightclicked “This PC”, went to “Prosperities” > “SystemProtection”, I found out that the option of “Create…” wasgrayed out.
Situation 2: I plan to create a system restore point in Windows 10. However,I failed to create system restore point and received an error that “The restore point couldnot be created for the following reason: Access is denied. (0x8007005).” Then I rebooted mycomputer and tried to restore point again, but I still received the same error message. Howcan I fix this issue? Is there anyone can help me?
Four ways to fix “Cannot create restore point in Windows 10”
In fact, apart from “Access is denied” error, it is possible to see other errors like “Therestore point could not be created for the following reason: The specified object was notfound” during creating restore point. Since system restore point plays an important role, itis worthwhile finding out solutions when you failed to create restore point in Windows 10.In fact, unable to create restore point can be caused by many events and you can try thetricks given below according to your situation.
Fix 1: Turn on system protection
If you turn off the system protection, the option of “Create…” will begrayed out. Do as the following steps to turn on system protection.
1. In System Protection interface, select system drive and click “Configure…”icon.
2. In the pop-up window, choose “Turn on system protection” and click “Ok”.
Fix 2: Enable system restore via Group Policy Editor
In System Protection interface, if you happen to see that both “Create…” and“Configure…” grayed out, you can fix this issue using Group Policy Editor.
1. Press Windows + R simultaneously to open Run box.
2. In Run box, type “gpedit.msc” and hit “Enter” to open Group Policy Editor.
3. Under Computer Configuration, go to “Administrative Templates” >“System” > “System Restore”.
4. Then, you can check the state of Turn off Configuration & Turnoff System Restore. If any of them is in Enabled State, double click it and choose'Not Configured'.
Fix 3: Start Volume Shadow Copy service
When “Create…” option is available and you finally fail to create restorepoint and receive an error message, you can take steps as follows:
1. Open Run box and input “services.msc” and hit “Enter” to run Windows Services.
2. Find out the service named Volume Shadow Copy. Start it if it is notrunning; Stop and Restart it if it is running.
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3. Make sure that the Startup type is 'Automatic'.
Fix 4: Run SFC/Scannow command
Windows system files corrupted can also cause the failure of creating restore point. You canuse SFC utility to check and fixcorrupted system files. The detailed steps are listed below:
1. In Startup box, type “cmd”, right click “Command Prompt” and choose “Run asadministrator”.
2. In this window, type “sfc /scannow” and press “Enter” key.
Pleas wait patiently for this process to finish. If lucky, then you are able to createrestore point in Windows 10.
A better way to protect your computer
System restore point can help you to restore system to an early point. But after systemrestore, some programs like antivirus tool might be affected. And System restore point can’thelp you to remove virus or malware; if the volume that holds system restore point iscorrupted, it will not work. In such circumstance, it is wise to make a full backup of yoursystem.
Here I recommend you AOMEIBackupper, a powerful and comprehensive backup tool for Windows 10/8/7, XP and Vista. Itallows you to create system image backup and restore it to a new hard drive if your currentdrive dies. With three image compression levels for you to choose, you are capable of savingdisk space. Let’s see how it works:
Step 1. Free download AOMEI Backupper Standard, install and run it.
Step 2. In the main interface, go to “Backup” >“System Backup”.
Step 3. This software will choose source partition automatically for you.Select another location as the destination path.
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Notes:
☞The destination path can be an internal hard drive, externalhard drive or NAS. It is recommended to backup system to external hard drive or NAS.
☞Youcan set scheduled backup by clicking “Schedule” button. There are five types for you tochoose: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Event Triggers and Real-time Sync. But Event Triggers andReal-time Sync are not available in Standard Version. If you want to use the two schedules,you can upgradeAOEMI Backupper to Professional Version.