Restore Point Creation Disabled by Group Policy

© Ramesh Srinivasan | Windows Vista | 14th June 2007

When you open System Properties and select the System Protection tab, the Create button may be grayed out, and the following message is displayed:

Restore point creation disabled by Group Policy

As a result, you’re unable to create System Restore Points or configure System Restore.

Resolution

This happens if the Turn off Configuration Policy is enabled in your system, either using Group Policy or through registry edit. For standalone Windows Vista systems, use these steps:

Using the Group Policy Editor

If your edition of Windows Vista includes the Group Policy Editor snap-in (gpedit.msc), follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type gpedit.msc and press ENTER

2. Go to the following branch:

Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | System Restore

3. Double-click Turn off Configuration and set it to Not configured.

Note: If the above setting is already set to Not configured, set it to Enabled and click Apply. Then revert back the setting to Not configured, and click Apply, OK.

4. Exit the Group Policy Editor.

Using the Registry Editor

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER

2. Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ SystemRestore

3. In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableConfig

4. Exit the Registry Editor.

Registry Fix

To automate the above setting, download srpol-clear.reg and save to Desktop. Right-click on the file and choose Merge.

More Information

If you set the Turn of configuration option to Enabled, the option to configure System Restore on the Configuration Interface disappears. If the Turn off Configuration setting is disabled, the configuration interface is still visible, but all System Restore configuration defaults are enforced, and the Create button is grayed out. If you set it to Not configured, the configuration interface for System Restore remains, and the user has the ability to configure System Restore.

SEE ALSO

System Restore Group Policy restrictions

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  1. Dave Thursfield
    said this on Saturday, June 20th 2009 1:29 pm

    Fantastic, I have been looking for a solution for ages, nice to find someone who knows what they are talking about.

  2. dejrej
    said this on Saturday, June 13th 2009 6:18 am

    hey thanx,it worked,but i could only use regedit.exe,how can i get gpedit.msc on my vista

  3. a2k
    said this on Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 8:37 pm

    Thanks a lot…it works even with gpedit.msc on my vista

  4. balotiya
    said this on Saturday, April 25th 2009 1:30 pm

    ya its works..
    i did it using regedit.exe
    but there is no such thing like gpedit.msc
    how can i get this

  5. jun delavega
    said this on Saturday, April 18th 2009 3:02 am

    I’m very very thank you for this matter…. it will work for me…

  6. Maddy
    said this on Tuesday, March 31st 2009 10:07 pm

    Thankz a Lottttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
    I Hav been searching fr this fr a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Ayoma Wijethunga
    said this on Monday, March 23rd 2009 4:17 pm

    Thanks a lot…

    I don’t know why “gpedit.msc” is not working in Vista. Anyway I fixed it using the registry twink. Thanks again….

  8. Dony
    said this on Wednesday, March 11th 2009 3:39 pm

    Hey, thanks a lot. The solution helped. :D

  9. Mike
    said this on Saturday, March 7th 2009 4:06 pm

    Hey thanks man! I did the reg edit and deleted and it worked. Thanks for the help.

  10. diwa
    said this on Saturday, February 28th 2009 3:36 pm

    thanks a lot….friend
    it worked well for me….
    but still problem with domain account for gpmc.msc
    can u help?

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