Change How Often System Restore Creates Restore Pointsin Windows Vista

System Restore is one of the better features in Windows Vista… spend any amount of time

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 createssnapshots?Windows Vista uses the built-in Task Scheduler to kick off most maintenance tasks, insteadof requiring something to be running all the time. By going into Task Scheduler we canactually change the schedule of main system tasks, including System Restore.

Change Schedule for Automatic System Restore Points

Type in "Task Scheduler" into the start menu search box, or browse through the start menu'sAdministrative Tools section.Once you've got Task Scheduler open, look under Microsoft \ Windows \ SystemRestore onthe left-hand pane.

Now you'll see a single item in the middle pane that says "SR Queued Multiple triggersdefined". Double-click on that item to change the details.

The Triggers tab is the first place you'll want to look, and you'll notice that by default SystemRestore is set to run at startup(more on that below), and at midnight every day.To change the trigger, click on one of the items and then Edit to change the trigger.