Gman, Yes, it's also greyed out there too. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: Gman To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 3:37 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: SP3 Matt, An easier way to get to System Restore's settings area is to just right click on My Computer and select Properties. It's one of the back tabs. After doing the above, are you able to select a drive from the list (assuming there's more than one partition or drive) and click on the Settings button? If so, are you now able to move the slider at all? Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Moceri" <matt.moceri@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:53 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: SP3 > Well I thought the XP pro SP3 upgrading went without a hitch, maybe not! > I'm trying to think what else has been installed lately besides Acronis > and the Autoruns (which has since been removed). The trouble is the > setting for system restore settings is grayed out and can't be moved down > from 12%. Actually that hasn't been checked since a 160 gig sata drive > has been installed to replace the 80 gig ide drive a few months ago. I > know at one time that was set to 3% and now it's stuck at 12% without me > able to move it down again. > start>programs>accessories>sys. tools> sys. res. greyed out > > I don't know where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated! > > Thank you, > > Matt --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------