My first really big annoyance with Win 10

daniel2229 said:

Another thought... why did I find the system restore turned off? Before upgrading to win 10, I had used a restore point for a problem my Outlook was happening, so I know I didn't turn it off. Is that some sort of default with 10?

Daniel

to me that is another indicator that you got a virus. with restore points tuned of, it deletes all old restore points and there is no way of getting your system back that way. check your system for malware and virus infection.

Sven

daniel2229 said:

Another thought... why did I find the system restore turned off? Before upgrading to win 10, I had used a restore point for a problem my Outlook was happening, so I know I didn't turn it off. Is that some sort of default with 10? Daniel

I have used System Restore several times when I've forgotten to use Acronis Try & Decide to sandbox, far easier than the Reset where you have to re-install programs. I don't recall ever having to enable it either when I went from 8.1 to 10 or after the big Nov upgrade. However, it seems from this article that the default setting is Off though others report otherwise -
Check if System Restore is enabled on Windows 10 - gHacks Tech News

As I said in my prev post, when I helped a friend with the password not valid problem with a new Win 10 upgrade (used prev 8.1 sign-in acct but not connected to internet) we could only get in after getting to Advanced Troubleshooting and we found System Restore was available and fixed the sign-in problem by validating identity accessing email on a 2nd device. I sued Brink's tutorial here -
System Restore Point shortcut - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
to easily create a restore point whenever I want and it would be a good way to check that System Restore is On, too.

daniel2229 said:

Thanks, guys. I am going to try a couple of these solutions today and will let you know the outcome.

This is the first time I was unable to use a restore point. Always my friend before.

Daniel

Sorry to read of your dilemma, Daniel. I know it’s not cool to get duped and to see that System Restore is turned off by default upon installation of 10. That’s the first thing I turn on. I have that on a checklist so to remember. The only reason I can find why it’s off by default is it may be a feature no one was using, it may be they're porting it over to the Settings app, or for those that dual boot. Who knows? That’s a million dollar question that’s neither here nor there for now.

Do as you will, but as others have suggested, I think it best to fresh install as long as it is activated and you have digital rights or legit keys to do so. To check: Open Settings app (WinKey/I or in All apps) > Update & Security > Activation.

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