1. Open the Start Menu.
A) In the white line (Start Search) area, type taskschd.msc and press Enter.OR
B) Go to step 3.
2. Open the Control Panel (Classic view).
A) Click on the Administrative Tools Icon.3. Click on Continue in the UAC Prompt.
B) Click on Task Scheduler.
4. In the left pane click on the triangle next to Task Scheduler Library, Microsoft, and Windows to expand the folder tree.
5. Click on the SystemRestore folder.A) Choose a option or options below to do.
OPTION ONE:To Disable or Enable this Task Completely
6. To Disable this Task Completely -
A) In the middle pane, right click on the SR task and click on Disable.7. To Enable this Task Completely -
B) Go to step 22.
NOTE: Check to make sure that each Daily (step 12 in OPTION TWO) and At startup (step 17 in OPTION THREE) trigger is also set as Enabled.
A) In the middle pane, right click on the SR task and click on Enable.OPTION TWO:To Change Only the Daily Trigger Settings NOTE
B) Continue to OPTION TWO.
You will need to have the task enabled in step 7 to use this trigger. This is the trigger that creates a restore point at 12 AM every day by default. If you do not want to change these settings, then continue to OPTION THREE.
8. In the middle pane, right click on the SR task and click on Properties.
9. Click on the Triggers tab.
10. Click on the Daily trigger to highlight it and click on the Edit button.
11. To Disable the Daily Trigger -
NOTE: This is if you only wanted to have restore points create with the At startup (OPTION THREE) trigger instead.
A) Uncheck the Enabled box and click on OK.12. To Enable the Daily Trigger -A) Check the Enabled box.
B) Continue to OPTION THREE.
B) If the default settings for the Daily trigger schedule are not what you want, then make any changes that you would like.
C) Click on OK.
D) Continue to OPTION THREE.
