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How do I turn on "System protection"?

Anonymous
2020-05-20T01:09:14+00:00

In the control panel it shows that I have all the important things in the Security panel with green checkmarks, nothing to do...

Unfortunately, I can't access my restore points.  I am in Windows Pro (64 bit) on a 2.5 GHz 2018 Dell i5 laptop (Inspiron 5577 Gaming)...

So, my question is simple.  I want to be able to access all of my restore points because I have been having big issues with the latest Windows Updates (as of the Updates I received in March).  I need to stop this silliness and the stupid crashes.  This NEVER happened before those March Updates (that actually were released in February).  

I have saved all sorts of restore points and I cannot access a single one.  

So how do I turn-on "system protection" when it isn't even an option, or is Windows 10 Pro 64 bit just plain broken from now on?  If so, I will have to take drastic measures.  I should not need to do so.  The system was 100% fine before that last Windows Update (and because of that experience I am denying every Windows Update that I can).

Really, this is not a professional operating system, Microsoft.  My next computer will not be a Windows machine, I am tired of this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T01:28:06+00:00

    Hello!

    I'm your Independent Advisor for today. Let's figure this out and come up with a solution.

    System restore point will only be created when system protection is on. Since it's off for C:\ right now, there will be no restore point created prior to the time system protection was turned on.

    To turn on system protection, go to System Properties and follow these steps:

    1. Go to the System Protection tab.
    2. Under "Protection settings", click and highlight the C:\ drive (or whatever drive you need to have system protection set up).
    3. Click the "Configure" button to open a new System Protection window.
    4. Under "Restore settings", tick "Turn on system protection".
    5. Under "Disk Space Usage", drag the slider to choose how much space will be allotted to the restore points. I personall use between 1-5% of the disk space, but it's still up to you.
    6. Click OK. From here on, the computer will create restore points when making changes to your PC. You can also manually create them by following the steps here:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/402753...

    Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T14:51:17+00:00

    In the control panel it shows that I have all the important things in the Security panel with green checkmarks, nothing to do...

    Unfortunately, I can't access my restore points.  I am in Windows Pro (64 bit) on a 2.5 GHz 2018 Dell i5 laptop (Inspiron 5577 Gaming)...

    So, my question is simple.  I want to be able to access all of my restore points because I have been having big issues with the latest Windows Updates (as of the Updates I received in March).  I need to stop this silliness and the stupid crashes.  This NEVER happened before those March Updates (that actually were released in February).  

    I have saved all sorts of restore points and I cannot access a single one.  

    So how do I turn-on "system protection" when it isn't even an option, or is Windows 10 Pro 64 bit just plain broken from now on?  If so, I will have to take drastic measures.  I should not need to do so.  The system was 100% fine before that last Windows Update (and because of that experience I am denying every Windows Update that I can).

    Really, this is not a professional operating system, Microsoft.  My next computer will not be a Windows machine, I am tired of this.

    SAME ****    ,  SPEND MORE TIME FKING WITH COMPUTER  , THAN DOING WHAT I NEEN 

    50 WAYS TO TRY TO FIX   AND THREE HOURS LATER   ……...

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T01:46:58+00:00

    Number one; get out of Control Panel.  It is being replaced with Settings.

    Second;  You have System protection.  It is called Windows Security.

    Alright then, I stand corrected, I am in Settings.  The screenshots are of "Settings".

    Windows Security seems fine, but "System protection is turned off." -(see the second image).

    When I click on the configure "system protection" link I arrive at Windows Security.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T01:57:11+00:00

    Alright.

    Thank you, I now have system protection on for my C drive.  I think you had a typo, which gave me hope, but without system protection on there are no restore points.

    It appears I have no restore points (except the one I just made right now).

    This, to me, shows a broken Windows operating system (yet again) because every single time that either the system or I saved a restore point, there was never an error given.  NEVER.  Not once.

    Microsoft keeps letting me down.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T01:31:26+00:00

    Number one; get out of Control Panel.  It is being replaced with Settings.

    Second;  You have System protection.  It is called Windows Security.

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