SunnyB Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Why isn't system restore available in W2K3. It's an important service even on a server machine. It shows but it's greyed out in msconfig.exe.I sure miss it when installing new apps or services. Any news about this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Not to sound like an a**, but System Restore is for people who often make mistakes with their OS. On a Server OS, you set up a running internet or intranet service, and leave it to do its job.Sever Operating Systems are more in the hands of a System Adminstrator, and they are so much more accustomed to running backup tools such as Ghost and tape backups in the event of something going wrong. System Restore isn't a suitable tool for restoring a good configuration as it isn't 100% perfect, whereas an exact image duplicate is.That's why MS removed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Its probably so system admins dont restore old files which allow the server to be hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KraziKid Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 My understanding is that this feature has become relatively pointless with the introduction of Volume Shadow Copy. I always disable system restore on my XP machines, but back when I used ME (for like 2 weeks, it was such a horrible experience), I only used system restore to restore files I accidentally deleted. I actually prefer Volume Shadow Copy because it allows me to view up to 64 previous versions, taking up minimal space, and I choose which one to restore upon based on the data within it, instead of guessing and checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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