System Restore Inoperative

I am trying to help my daughter 1000 miles away with a System Restore problem. I suspect it may be turned off, but there is no SYSTEM icon under Settings, Control Panel to check the status. Is there another place to look?

 

Right click My Computer, select Properties then click on the System Restore tab.

Make sure there isn't a check mark in the box for Turn off System Restore on all drives.

 

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Assuming you are running XP PRO:

Start
All Programs
Accessories
System Tools
System Restore

Will (should) get you there.

 

Go into services either in the control panel or
start > services.msc
The services list is arranged alphabeticaly
Ensure that the system restore service is not "disabled "
It can be set to "automatic "
Sometimes the system restore or the recovery data has been corrupted - either by itself or by some malware / virus
You can use an open source 3rd party that some like more than the included Windows program
One such program is called "erunt "
Works Windows 2000. XP and Vista

 

Thanks to all who responded. Illness forced a pause in the pursuit of the problem; we are now back at it and will probably re-install.