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Changing System Restore time settings
By default, windows has a 90 day expiration for settings in System Restore. I would like to reduce mine to 30 days. Does anyone know how to do this?
I have researched this issue on the internet for hours over the past few months and have found two articles; however, either they had errors or it didn't work on Dell, as the path they gave for changing the registry doesn't exist on my computer.
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Posted February 26th, 2005 18:00
bnabud,
If you are running Windows XP go to Start|Run, enter regedit and click OK. In the registry navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore. Change the value of RPLifeInterval there from 7,776,000 to 2,592,000.
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Posted March 3rd, 2005 04:00
SR45, I appreciate the effort, but that isn't what I was meaning. I am familiar with the % disk settings.Denny, my problem is I get so far in the regedit and that is where it gets perplexing. Once I get to the System Restore folder, I have two folders within it--one is Cfg, which has what looks like 3 files that are Default, Disk Percent and machine Guild; and the other is Snapshot Callbacks, which has a file with Default in it. I knew there was something regarding changing the number of seconds, but that is where I was lost. I don't see a RPLife Interval within the System Restore folder.318
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Posted April 10th, 2005 19:00
Denny, I kept going back from time to time and today I tried clicking ON the System Restore folder and I found what you were talking about. Thanks. I do have one more question on this. Do I need to do anything about the "0x0076a700" or is changing that number in parenthesis the ONLY thing I do?318
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Posted April 11th, 2005 21:00
The data shows the number in hexadecimal, followed by its decimal equivalent in ()
At the key that Denny gave, right click on RPLifeInterval, click modify. Click the decimal radio button, enter the number that Denny gavee, click OK. That will change both the hexadecimal and decimal values.
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Posted April 13th, 2005 06:00
thanks.
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Posted February 26th, 2005 17:00