Create restore point at bootup

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George

In XP I had a vbs file (that I downloaded from somewhere) that
would create a System Restore Point automatically at bootup (was
part of the Startup list in msconfig).

Does anyone know where I can download a similar file or app for
Windows 7? I'm talking about creating the restore point
automatically at bootup as opposed to doing it manually.

TIA,
George
 
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Char Jackson

In XP I had a vbs file (that I downloaded from somewhere) that
would create a System Restore Point automatically at bootup (was
part of the Startup list in msconfig).

Does anyone know where I can download a similar file or app for
Windows 7? I'm talking about creating the restore point
automatically at bootup as opposed to doing it manually.

TIA,
George
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When I Googled "automatically create restore point", I got a lot of
hits that claim to be able to do what you want. I assume you've tried
a handful of those sites and they didn't work?
 
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Gene E. Bloch

When I Googled "automatically create restore point", I got a lot of
hits that claim to be able to do what you want. I assume you've tried
a handful of those sites and they didn't work?
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+1

I searched earlier and got a lot of hits, but then I decided not to post
a reply :)

My search string was vaguely similar to yours: "restore point script".
 
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Char Jackson

+1

I searched earlier and got a lot of hits, but then I decided not to post
a reply :)

My search string was vaguely similar to yours: "restore point script".
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GMTA :)
 
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George

You guys all missed the point. I know that googling will produce
a number of hits on creating MANUAL system restore points. None
of those hits relate to creating an AUTOMATIC restore point at
BOOTUP of WINDOWS 7, which is what I had in XP and am trying to do
in Win7. The VB script that works for XP will not work in Win7.

If anyone can point me to such a VBS for Win7, I'll appreciate it.

George
 
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Seth

George said:
You guys all missed the point. I know that googling will produce a number
of hits on creating MANUAL system restore points. None of those hits
relate to creating an AUTOMATIC restore point at BOOTUP of WINDOWS 7,
which is what I had in XP and am trying to do in Win7. The VB script that
works for XP will not work in Win7.

If anyone can point me to such a VBS for Win7, I'll appreciate it.
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Take any one of those scripts you found to make a manual restore point and
create a "scheduled task" to perform it. The "time" to do it...at startup.

My system, Windows 7 Ultimate, came by default with a scheduled task to
create a restore point at 2 time. 12:00am and system startup.
 
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George

Gary, that's what I was looking for! Used InstantFundas' method
1, and it works perfectly. (Had to change the computer date 1 day
ahead to test it since I had already booted up before placing the
VBS file in the Startup folder).

Thanks a million, really appreciate it.

George
 
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George

Thank you Jan, that's another useful app to have in your startup
folder.

George
 
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Char Jackson

You guys all missed the point. I know that googling will produce
a number of hits on creating MANUAL system restore points. None
of those hits relate to creating an AUTOMATIC restore point at
BOOTUP of WINDOWS 7, which is what I had in XP and am trying to do
in Win7. The VB script that works for XP will not work in Win7.
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Nope, none of us missed the point. Many of the Google hits claimed to
do exactly as you requested, i.e., create a restore point
AUTOMATICALLY at system startup. I'm sorry that you didn't see that,
but I notice that you've settled on a solution so congrats.
 
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relic

You guys all missed the point. I know that googling will produce a number
of hits on creating MANUAL system restore points. None of those hits
relate to creating an AUTOMATIC restore point at BOOTUP of WINDOWS 7,
which is what I had in XP and am trying to do in Win7. The VB script that
works for XP will not work in Win7.

If anyone can point me to such a VBS for Win7, I'll appreciate it.
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Had you actually followed the link I posted that used the search given by
Gene, you would have found the script you wanted in the very first link.
Next time, do some research before looking like a fool.
 
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SC Tom

I use method 3 with SCRP. It's set to run at 9:00AM every other day, so it's
not trying to do too much at login. I also use ERUNT to back up the
registry, and have that in the startup folder. Seems to work well- I've used
the SCRP restore points with no problem. KOW, I haven't needed to use
ERUNT's backups yet.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

You guys all missed the point. I know that googling will produce
a number of hits on creating MANUAL system restore points. None
of those hits relate to creating an AUTOMATIC restore point at
BOOTUP of WINDOWS 7, which is what I had in XP and am trying to do
in Win7. The VB script that works for XP will not work in Win7.

If anyone can point me to such a VBS for Win7, I'll appreciate it.

George
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relic and Char Jackson both said what I am now going to repeat - it was
*you* who missed *our* points.
 
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