Hi-
Was an answer for this ever forthcoming Tom? Maybe it was a solar storm? My situation is so similar I wont bother to explain all the details. I appluad you sticking with it and trying to figure the problem out.
I build my own PC's and have for over 20 years. I use all Western Digital Drives....2M hour MTBF drives...Intel, etc. I don't skimp on my PC's is the point, or on how they are set-up. I am not an idiot and I have checked the "on switch".
I do multi-boot. I do use Malwarebytes but not as a service - only manual checks - and I run Windows Defender on real-time. I have an Intel mainboard, 32G of Ram, Intel i7. All security feeatures on my board are turned off. I do not quickboot. I power off
every night. I have never had my PC run out of resources and I run some serious engineering software. I have tunred on VSS and Task Sched to automatic start. SFC, defrag, chkdsk, etc.
For my friend SpritX:
Please stop the insistance it's not Windows when you obvioulsy have NO CLUE as to what the cause is. People like you are the worst, you have no idea what the problem is yet continue to tell people to reload windows or "you might have a sneaky vuirus Malwarebytes
can't detect" ..... BullSh**!! Just google missing restore points and tell me this isn't a pretty large issue, statistics tells you this. I have another post on this very subject. there are many many threads on this issue over more than 5 years ...many. I
read this entire post and my head almost exploded after seeing SpiritX' comments on this subject. WTH are you doing posting on this if you have never had the issue, have no idea what the cause is, and have no idea as to the solution??
SpiritX, since you seem to have a window into the blackbox that is Windows...tell us....why can this NOT be Windows? I mean you are very certain, and I'd like to hear why beyond "not possible" or operator error. Maybe some facts, evidence, details or a process
flow diagram. I mean you have this right? Some process flow or timing diagrams...anything???
Maybe, just maybe, since most IT folks don't use MS for back-up and restore Microsoft hasn't really fully developed these features for personal use. I am sure it works great with all the other network tech, AD and security features, but for personal stand-alone
PC's - I am guessing system Restore was never fully developed and marketing pushes it cause they know most peple will never be able to figure out it really doesnt work or they themselves dont know.
Best as I can tell Tom, we aren't doing anything "wrong". I am guessing you aren't an idiot and either am I...matter of fact most IT guys I know come to me for stand alone Windows or PC issues. I have worked very hard to figure this out and haven't come
up with a solution I can reproduce or explain.
VSS and it's underlying framework are essentially a blackbox. All the interconnectedness of Windows is hidden. VSS and task scheduling, WMI, etc. are all tightly integrated into Windows ...which is really a Server dumbed down. I am GUESSING....there is some
setting or feature or security issue that is inherit to Windows that just doesn't work properly when the PC is in a non-networked environment.
We need something like what Active Directrory uses to check itself and tell you what needs to be done or services that need to be installed/configured. SFC and Chkdsk aren't really cutting it anymore.
It seems power users are left behind in Microsofts quest to break into Apples market. Disappointing.
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