Turn System Restore utility off.
System Restore can undo the changes made to the registry and restore it to the last known good registry state. But, this setting features to turn off this utility.
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Description:
System restore will undo the changes made to the registry and restore the registry state to an earlier date/time. System restore can automatically create restore points (also called system checkpoints) when it monitors changes to the registry like installing new programs etc. You can also create your own restore point when you are about to make some major changes in the registry. This setting enables you to turn the system restore utility off. However, turning the utility off shall not remove the existing restore points. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and search the keys listed below. Now, right-click and modify the dword value disablesr to 1 which can turn the system restore utility off. However, if you want to enable back the system restore option, change the value to 0. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: if you create a restore point, windows will save the current registry state of your system. If for example an installation corrupts your registry, you can restore your system through this utility. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
System restore will undo the changes made to the registry and restore the registry state to an earlier date/time. System restore can automatically create restore points (also called system checkpoints) when it monitors changes to the registry like installing new programs etc. You can also create your own restore point when you are about to make some major changes in the registry. This setting enables you to turn the system restore utility off. However, turning the utility off shall not remove the existing restore points. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and search the keys listed below. Now, right-click and modify the dword value disablesr to 1 which can turn the system restore utility off. However, if you want to enable back the system restore option, change the value to 0. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: if you create a restore point, windows will save the current registry state of your system. If for example an installation corrupts your registry, you can restore your system through this utility. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore] </b>, right click on "DisableSR" and select 'Modify'.

Finally, set the value data as " 1 " and click 'OK' to disable "System Restore" utility.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: DisableSR
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Modified
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