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System Restore Error Code: 0x81000203

Anonymous
2009-11-24T08:06:52+00:00

When I open system restore tab from system properties where we can switch system restore on or off it says Sys restore unexpectected error occur . Cannot scan drives The error code is as above > OS is Win 7

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-05-15T09:52:22+00:00

    This problem persist @ users who had instaled TuneUp Utilities 2009 / 2010 / 2011, 

    TuneUp Utilities 2009 / 2010 / 2011 Turbo Mode block system protection / restore.

    Which Turbo Mode is on, turn off Turbo Mode and go to Windows / Control Panel / System and Security / System Protection and these not anymore " error code 0x81000203 "

    Problem fixed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-11-24T23:41:17+00:00

    Hi svk1234,

    Thanks for posting in Microsoft answers!

    Check if Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service is disabled.

    This behavior is by design. Disabling System Restore will limits the ongoing usefulness of System Restore on the computer.

    To re-enable, please try:

    1. Open gpedit.msc from Start Search box.
    2. Navigate to the following branch.

    Computer Configuration\Administrative Template\System\System Restore.

    1. In the right pane, please configure the “Turn off system restore” policy. Please set it to Not Configured.

    See the following link for similar issue : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/0f2eebbe-6cdf-4ecc-93af-9249b7339ec9

    Hope this helped

    Azeez Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-08T17:28:27+00:00

    I found a fix somewhere in this forum.

    It told me to type services.msc in the start menu search and press enter

    Right Click "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider">properties>startup type (change to manual)>start this service, then change startup type to automatic. Hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-05-13T15:38:54+00:00

    This is the solution:

    You need to enable the services for system restore, to do that follow the steps provided below.

    1.        Click on Start button, now type in services.msc in the search programs and files and hit enter.

    2.       Now you need to check for the “volume shadow copy” service present in the services windows.

    3.       After selecting the “volume shadow copy” service you need to right click on the service and select properties and make the startup type as automatic and start the service.

    4.       Click ok, restart the computer and check for the issue.

    and then:

    Creating system restore point manually:

    1. Open System by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking System.
    2. In the left pane, click System Protection  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
    3. Click the System Protection tab, and then click Create.
    4. In the System Protection dialog box, type a description, and then click Create.

    http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-01-31T01:50:56+00:00

    i`ve tried 2 steps above but the problems still remains

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