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
    2012-01-06T07:22:46+00:00

    Thnx a lot man ... your answer is great !!!

    My problem was same but what u said worked fine in my case.

    Just Switch to ' Standard Mode ' in TuneUp Utilites means Turn Off the Turbo Mode

    Now I can Open System Restore :)

    thnx thnx thnx :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-01-11T23:57:49+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.

    Thanks!! Had the same problem and searched all over the internet for a solution. Turned off Turbo Mode and voilà - it did the trick! Otherwise TuneUp utilities is a very useful and efficient utility. Thanks again!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-02-06T16:08:50+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. Thanks

    Problem fixed in 1 minute, Thanks

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