If
your computer system has Windows Operating System installed and System Restore has been disabled due to any cause through the Group
Policy Editor, the option to start it again does not show in the System
Properties, You can re-enable it again by following the below steps :
1.
Go to Start à
Run and then type gpedit.msc, press enter
and wait for Group Policy Editor window.
2.
Go to Computer Configuration à
Administrative Templates à
System à System Restore.
Double-click
on system
restore and set Turn off System Restore and Turn off Configuration
to Disable.
3.
Go to Start à
Run and then type services.msc, press enter
and wait for Services window.
4.
Scroll down to System Restore Service and
set it for Automatic and then click on the Start button to start the service.
Now close the Services window.
5.
In the Group Policy Editor, set both Turn off
System Restore and Turn off Configuration
to Not configured and close Group Policy Editor.
Now
when you right click on My Computer and then properties, there should be a tab
for System Restore where you can configure system restore.
Note: You must be having administrative privileges to do
this.
