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Change How Often System Restore Creates Restore Points in Windows 7 or Vista

System Restore is one of the better features in Windows Vista... spend any amount of time on our forums and you'll see how often it solves issues... but it's like a black box, nobody knows how it really works, or when it's doing things. So how do you change when it creates snapshots?

May 5, 2008 · 1 min · 66 words · Joseph Yoder

So how do you change when it creates snapshots?

Once you’ve got Task Scheduler open, look under Microsoft \ Windows \ SystemRestore on the left-hand pane.

Double-choose that item to change the details.

Change How Often System Restore Creates Restore Points in Windows 7 or Vista

To change the trigger, choose one of the items and then Edit to change the trigger.

I wouldn’t recommend changing the default tweaks too much, because system restore is a very useful tool.