System Restore Error Code: 0x81000203

Anonymous
2009-11-24T08:06:52+00:00

When I open system restore tab from system properties where we can switch system restore on or off it says Sys restore unexpectected error occur . Cannot scan drives The error code is as above > OS is Win 7

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Anonymous
2011-05-15T09:52:22+00:00

This problem persist @ users who had instaled TuneUp Utilities 2009 / 2010 / 2011, 

TuneUp Utilities 2009 / 2010 / 2011 Turbo Mode block system protection / restore.

Which Turbo Mode is on, turn off Turbo Mode and go to Windows / Control Panel / System and Security / System Protection and these not anymore " error code 0x81000203 "

Problem fixed.

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Anonymous
2009-11-24T23:41:17+00:00

Hi svk1234,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft answers!

Check if Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service is disabled.

This behavior is by design. Disabling System Restore will limits the ongoing usefulness of System Restore on the computer.

To re-enable, please try:

  1. Open gpedit.msc from Start Search box.
  2. Navigate to the following branch.

Computer Configuration\Administrative Template\System\System Restore.

  1. In the right pane, please configure the “Turn off system restore” policy. Please set it to Not Configured.

See the following link for similar issue : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/0f2eebbe-6cdf-4ecc-93af-9249b7339ec9

Hope this helped

Azeez Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-08T17:28:27+00:00

    I found a fix somewhere in this forum.

    It told me to type services.msc in the start menu search and press enter

    Right Click "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider">properties>startup type (change to manual)>start this service, then change startup type to automatic. Hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-06-06T13:16:09+00:00

    Hello,

    I also have this problem. But my PC (Start Menu, Run and Windows Explorer's Search) could not find gpedit.msc . Can anybody help me?

    PC Specs:

    ASUS A42Jr (Notebook)

    Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1 (OEM Version)

    with the latest updates installed as of 6th June 2011 [(UTC+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore]

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-06-01T07:42:04+00:00

    Thx, that solved this problem :)

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