Re: CREATE a restore point, Win7

JJ wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 12:41:20 -0700, Robert Baer wrote:
>> Robert Baer wrote:
>>>     That is what i would like to do.
>>>     So i find in dummies.com  purported instructions supposedly for Win7
>>> (that is what the page said).
>>>
>>>     Well, the instructions after a few steps become impossible because
>>> the words, wording, even intent does not exist.
>>>
>>>     Noodle around, find "action center" mumbles about restore there.
>>>     Useless; ONLY restore - absolutely no save or make or create.
>>>
>>>     If one cannot (easily) create a restore point, then one cannot
>>> possibly use something that does not exist.
>>>
>>>     FANTASY: "restore points".
>>>
>>>      Thanks
>>     I take it that, for Win7, "restore points" are pure fantasy then.
> 
> Press Win+PrintScreen.
* The <windows icon><PrtSc> combo does nothing.

> Click on "Advanced system setting" link on left side. It'll show a dialog.
> Switch to the "System Protection" tab on the dialog.
> Press the "Create" button.
> 
> The button is disabled if none of the harddisk has enabled protection.
*  How does one tell/find out?  And change it

> 
> Or create it from the Command Prompt, batch file, or program shortcut file.
> e.g. (note: one line command)
> 
> wmic /namespace:\\root\default path systemrestore call createrestorepoint "my savepoint",100,16
* Made a batch file with above command line; ran it.
  Did nothing that i could see/find.

   So i went into the control panel and found bushwah concerning restore 
points and tried making one.
  Did nothing that i could see/find.
  But i did see some restore points the system made, related to program 
deletion.

> 

   So now what? Purposely do something nasty like deleting a fake 
program on purpose to force system to make a restore point

    Thanks