Re-Enabling System Restore

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.