Windows 10 updates keep turning off system restore thus deleting previous restore points!

Wait, did I read this right? We can't save system restore points any longer? I don't care if an old one drops off. Had a power failure, system moved all the front window icons into a pile on the left. I went and looked, "system restore set off".

Turned on, set a restore  point.

Two days later, all the icons are piled on the left again. Look... no system restore points, it's turned off again. Repeated: turned on again, set manual restore point. This morning, no system restore points.

Someone just tell me, in plain English, has Microsoft removed the ability for any system restore points? How do I save the configuration which gets lost when there's a system lock up or power failure? HOW?

If the ability to do this function is disabled, why is that option still available in system settings?

Totally agree - I can't tell you how many times I have desperately needed to restore a system, only to find that there are no restore points and system restore is turned OFF after I KNOW I turned it on! Truly - WHAT is the point of having this function if it gets sneakily turned off when you aren't looking? SURELY the DEFAULT for this feature should be turned ON??? And if a system upgrade has to delete old restore points, then it should, after completion, BY DEFAULT turn the function ON and create the first restore point AUTOMATICALLY!!!  Sorry for all the capitals - if it looks like I'm shouting, hell yes - I AM!  Can you imagine your insurance broker saying, after a death in the family, "Oh yes, we had to upgrade your policy so we deleted the life insurance"?? 

Absolutely! It makes no damn sense at all for users. It obviously to do with ensuring people are forced into these continuous Huge OS Upgrades. (Not the monthy updates, But 1511 to 1607 to 1703 etc.

What Ive noticed, my restore points (And System Image Restore Points) are wiped and restore is turned off after these major (several GB) Upgrades. Otherwise the restore points stay (For a month or so anyway)

Because the System Image restore points go also, I suspect that any System Images youve stored on an Ext HDD will NOT work if the SI restore points have been wiped. And if your now on upgrade 1709, and your system Image is for ie; 1607, Im fairly sure it will fail, and risk wiping your hard drive. That happened to me when I tried to restore a W8 image on my PC that was then on W8.1. I got the error, Incorrect OS or Architecture (Or something like that) Then ended up with a totally wiped hard drive. After 3 days, managed to restore an 8.1 image to it using a D/L'd iso of Server r2012, which had recovery options for 8.1. W8.1 never permitted repair discs to be created! WTHell has gotten into this MS corporation? They wont me making any new fans. That's for real!

Wait, did I read this right? We can't save system restore points any longer? I don't care if an old one drops off. Had a power failure, system moved all the front window icons into a pile on the left. I went and looked, "system restore set off".

Turned on, set a restore  point.

Two days later, all the icons are piled on the left again. Look... no system restore points, it's turned off again. Repeated: turned on again, set manual restore point. This morning, no system restore points.

Someone just tell me, in plain English, has Microsoft removed the ability for any system restore points? How do I save the configuration which gets lost when there's a system lock up or power failure? HOW?

If the ability to do this function is disabled, why is that option still available in system settings?

Totally agree - I can't tell you how many times I have desperately needed to restore a system, only to find that there are no restore points and system restore is turned OFF after I KNOW I turned it on! Truly - WHAT is the point of having this function if it gets sneakily turned off when you aren't looking? SURELY the DEFAULT for this feature should be turned ON??? And if a system upgrade has to delete old restore points, then it should, after completion, BY DEFAULT turn the function ON and create the first restore point AUTOMATICALLY!!!  Sorry for all the capitals - if it looks like I'm shouting, hell yes - I AM!  Can you imagine your insurance broker saying, after a death in the family, "Oh yes, we had to upgrade your policy so we deleted the life insurance"??

Wait, did I read this right? We can't save system restore points any longer? I don't care if an old one drops off. Had a power failure, system moved all the front window icons into a pile on the left. I went and looked, "system restore set off".

Turned on, set a restore  point.

Two days later, all the icons are piled on the left again. Look... no system restore points, it's turned off again. Repeated: turned on again, set manual restore point. This morning, no system restore points.

Someone just tell me, in plain English, has Microsoft removed the ability for any system restore points? How do I save the configuration which gets lost when there's a system lock up or power failure? HOW?

If the ability to do this function is disabled, why is that option still available in system settings?

In agree with everything you said Noel, but for saying johnptd's response was Crap.

It looked to me that he was just telling it like it is. He wasnt giving one of those terrible generic answers that we get from a lot of "Microsoft MVP's"

He was just saying what happens. Not defending it in any way, or saying that there was some sort of good reason for it.

No problem. I do agree with everything else you said.

Cheers.

Yes. Another thing that Really bugs me about these "Upgrades"

They reset everything back to how THEY want it, NOT how you have spent weeks or months setting it up just the way you want.

But... Theyre just oblivious it seems to their customers feelings. And the continuous frustration & trouble they keep putting us through.

Im a HUGE W7 fan, that was when I got  my first PC, aged 43. I loved W7 big time.

But Im now done with MS. "8 - 8.1 - 10", and all the continuous differing versions of 10, get progressively worse.

I'll never buy anything MS again. Ive always rather despised Apple, but if thats what it has to be... Then so be it. MS has killed of any faith I used to have. Actually I had Much LOVE, after getting to know and learn on my W7. Beautiful process it was.

Thanks MSoft!!!

Bye