This is the main reason I like keeping my documents and stuff on a separate drive/ It makes using the last resort option easy to carry out without needing to worry about losing all of my documents and other valuable information.
Yes indeed, saw how to do that long time ago. Been a life saver ever since. Especially setting up friends or relatives who don't know so much about how to use pc and privacy and security. Having it on a separate drive really helped when having to reinstall windows after a major failure. Stuff is already backed up. As for onedrive. Hard pass. I don't use any microsoft accounts for anything. I grew up on Win95 and used to not sharing and learning to store without the invasion of privacy and now "we can use your data for AI training" BS.
Agreed. I've been doing this for at least 20 years now and have never lost any data due to having to reinstall Windows. I also have my data drives in a RAID1 array and back it up to 2 external drives. Belt and Braces.
I'm with you on those last few points, Rich - no conspiracies required. So many people nowadays have been conditioned to be lazy, uneducated around the tech they use, and addicted to buying new stuff. Convenience is king, right? Like you, I couldn't put a number to it, but I bet there are more than a few people who would just move from Windows 10 to 11 (might as well, if all your data is nuked), or simply buy a new machine if something like this happened. Thanks for the help and advice - I've learned a lot from you, and continue to do so!
1. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Configuration Manager Create a DWORD(32-bit value) = EnablePeriodicBackup, set it to 1. 2. schtasks /run /i /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup"
OK, super, but how can anyone benefit from a backed up registry, how exactly you'd do in case you'd need to revert to the previous registry? What would you need to revert and what tools should you use?!
Thank you Rich @CyberCPU for another great video. I use Linux as my daily driver, but that doesn't mean (as a fellow technician) that I don't need/want to stay up-to-date regarding WIndows tips & tricks. I was scratching my head a little while you were saying "only 1 in 100 may need System Restore" and "only 1 in 1000 will ever need to restore a Registry Backup" but then I realized that you wanted to compare scenarios. I think it's a perfect analogy, comparing backup/restore features to the air bag feature in our cars. I have never had an air bag deploy on me & fingers crossed, I never will, but yeah, it's nice to know that it's there for me IF needed. Thanks again, and keep up the good work ... looking forward to the next episode already =)
Thank you for going through these steps to turn these back on, I actually didn't even know they were disabled. As a business person I believe fully that turning off these features in their minds will create sales. Many people buy their computers preloaded with windows from big box stores. Anyway, thanks a bunch. I just subscribed!
@@CyberCPUHey Rich i have discovered an issue with Win 10 version 22H2 and it doesn't matter32 bit or 64 bit. I will turn on system restore, create a restore point and check back after a few boot ups and the restore point is gone. Disk protection is still turned on, however the restore point is gone. The system is MBR instead of UEFI i do not know it that's why. This occurs on two different hard disks an existing install and a fresh install. I searched the reason a system restore would disappear and the only suggestion I found was turn on sys restore reboot then make the restore point. The result is the same after a few power on/reboots, the restore point is nowhere to be found. Perhaps it ia related to MBR/UEFI, however I don't understand why that would affect or interfer with system restore. Perhaps you should check your availability of restore point(s) and see if they are disappearing too. I don't have a desktop UEFI system to do my own checks. I do have an older laptop and it is available and actually used it one time and after approximately 2 hours the laptop worked. I didn't know that taking ownership of certain programs would cause Windows 10 to choke, but it sure did. Something to do with session manager failing or something like that. I was attempting to uninstall stuff like Xbox and associated Xbox programs and Windows 10 did not like it at all. I don't remember what happened when booting, black screen or something else it was long ago. I did the recovery partition and ran system restore and all was well, after the 2 hours that is.
You never know when a part on your PC will fail and it could happen suddenly without warning. This is why you need to make regular backups of your data
A system Image is one of the best backups... Control Panel > Back up and Restore, then top left corner is 'Create a System Image'. Can take a few hours to complete if you have a lot of data and programs installed, but you have an exact copy of the entire system. Can restore the system exactly as it was, or grab individual files by assigning a drive letter to the image in Disk Management. System Restore is a great quick tool, but its not as good as a full image backup.
I NEVER rely on Microsoft Windows to backup or restore anything. I use Macrium Reflect and it has never failed me. It even allows you to add a boot menu option. They charge for it now, but you can still get the free version if you do a search for it.
@@chrisr1382 Found Windows system image very reliable, used it for over 10 years without any issues, its always restored perfectly when needed. However its not been updated since Windows 7 so there maybe some issues lurking in the code! I also manually backup all my files to a collection of old HDD in caddies, I'm backup mad I have like 5 drives all on rotation. Found Macrium Reflect free on 'majorgeeks' site, will take a look, thanks for the info!
More and more useful features gets disabled in favor of useless features, makes me so glad I do most of my work on Linux now. A simple control panel wasn't enough, we have to confuse everybody and make them more frustrated trying to solve a problem that only took one click in Windows XP.
2 months ago, I installed a Visual Studio Dev Kit for a project that I taught I would learn easily. I finally give up. But VS added hundreds of lines in my registry that I can't delete. I will create a system point before installing a new software.
Could you please create an in-depth video covering ALL the registry edits you have made in your previous videos? I would appreciate a comprehensive overview of the changes and their effects
One thing for sure - never keep your data files (documents, pics, spreadsheets, etc.) on your C: partition. Always keep your irreplaceable data on a separate drive, and back that one up. In case of a ransomware attack you can always re-install Windoze without losing your important data files. Also don't keep personal or sensitive files in the home system folders - documents, pictures, etc.
A ransomware attack encrypts all files, all available drives, including networked drives. Your separate drives are doomed. Decades ago, as a test, I kept my data files on a separate internal drive. I had to change many registry entries to tell Windows where the default folders were now located and had to redirect other software that was too stupid to know. In the end, I gained nothing but just another drive to replace or fail. There is no substitute for having a backup though, local and offsite. There is a way to stop ransomware from accessing your backup files, even if the drive is connected. But this isn't the place or time to discuss that.
I'm impressed. I followed another of your videos when everything went down the crapper. I realized later that day that microlimp had done an update. Everything went absolutely haywire. All my settings had been changed. Even my video settings had been set to high contrast black and white. I also ended up with a file on the C drive that was listed as Windows.old. I haven't seen that since I think it was XP. I thought it had something to do with following your instructions. Now I know the truth so I decided to follow this video. At first the registry backup didn't work so I went back in and cut and paste to put the task line in. I rebooted and it worked. I must have missed something in the the line the first time around. I had already set up restore to run but I compared what I had done with what you did. Jeez. I finally got one right. LOL Anyway, I enjoyed the video and I'll be back to checkout some more. I've only had this computer for around 3 weeks so I'm just learning Windows 11. I still have some problems microlimps update caused so I'll be looking on your channel for how to correct these problems. Thank you very much for this video. Take care and be safe. "Day 2, computer 2 done. Only 2 more to go"
Yep, but users who like it The Way it Was, turned off updates, and only turn them back on IF the updates turn out to be purely beneficial to Us. which they haven't been lately. We don't have the New and Improved MS Spyware on our systems so we don't have to Try to Uninstall or Disable it... Not everyone drinks the MS KrewAid. 🍺🍻
great content...thanks...quick question, in the Task Manager setup (7:34ish) it sounds like you say RegBackup, however you only type ReBackup...could you confirm please 🙂
I had great luck with standalone systems but since I started at an organization with an ugly amount of group policies, it 100% does not work on domain joined computers. Has to do with the onedrive folder of all things.
Thanks for this, but I have to say that system protection was already "on" when I went into it. Now, I have a restore point where I want it and a reg backup when I need it. Keep up the great advice, and thanks again.
7:48 Is it not necessary to use the scroll down menu at the bottom to also change it to *"Configure For: Windows 10" (or 11)?* Is it ok to just leave that at "Configure For: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008"?
How long should the backup take when you manual run the event? I see that you checked the file sizes while the event was still running. I'm guessing the files you're showing already had data prior to running and completing the event?
It would be helpful if you could list out the entire text of the registry path & value you're adding as plain text on the screen of the video, or preferably in the description or a pinned comment. Thanks!
Your a legend #CyberCPUTech 👌👌👌 Just had to re-install windows 10 due to a windows update going terrible wrong. I was pissed finding out nothing was saved in registry backup or system restore.🤬🤬🤬 THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO ✌✌✌✌👏👏👏
And as you mentioned before... they enable BitLocker by default.... and end users are clueless... so we have no way of getting their stuff off a drive!
bitlocker is so useless, if someone has your device in their hands, opening encrypted drives is as easy as double clicking a browser shortcut, but for online protection is quite good but still annoying
@@TechRealityGlasgow no you didnt get it, what i said was, if someone has your physical device in their hands, it is soooooo easy to access your data without knowing the key, because the key is stored in ram or somewhere, cant remember where exactly, but i saw a couple months ago a guy in yt litteraly gaining access to a bitlocker encrypted drive within 10 minutes, maybe less than 10 minutes, so thats what i meant by as easy as double clicking a shortcut.
@@mvstermlnd My original point is down to the fact that if an end-user has a problem, we would usually pull the drive out and copy the data off, but if the drive is encrypted with BitLocker you are knackered as you need to the key. Same when you try and boot into safe mode and do recover on the drive, it asks for the key... If you can log into the computer account then, of course, getting data off is simple as you are in and have access to the data.
@@TechRealityGlasgow i understand what youre saying, and i do understand encryption, and i know that without that key youll get a bunch of garbage back, but what im saying is that if you know where that key is stored, all you have to do is copy that data from that part and unlock a drive, same as that kid did it on a youtube video under 10 minutes, i wish i could find the video, its been months, but i initially commented to mock the security of bitlocker if device is in the wrong hands, but now since ur main worry is recovering data of bitlocker encrypted drives for clients, im telling you, no need to worry, there's hope, that method i saw was under 10 minutes so the data is not 100% lost if you know where that key is stored, damn, i wish i could find you that video. lemme try
Funny you mentioned backups. I have a 2TB external drive I keep all my music and photos on. I was reformatting a 1TB ssd and like a dummy I clicked the wrong one and reformatted the 2TB. I tried several recovery options Recuva and two others to no avail. 260GB of music and 228 GB of photos. After a couple of days I remembered I had uploaded all my music to Google play music years ago. And Google still had them! So I used Google takeout and got them all back. The sad part is their completely out of order and everything was converted to mp3's. Also, I went to Adobe who also kept all my photos and got them back too. I lucked out, I think.
Right now I have 1 2tb backup external ssd but this is my fear when I get another. So my plan is to mark them with some indication on the ssd itself. Maybe rename the drive or something
I’ve had System Restore switched on for a long time, but every time I use it it always fails to restore the restore point no matter which restore point I choose. Do you know of a fix?
Excellent explanations, dear brother, Please explain how to install Windows 11 alongside Windows 10 on hard drive C, which has Windows 10 installed, and dual boot the computer. Thank you.
The best way to backup Reg is to external drive or just use USB Flashdrive. Basically not anywhere inside the Computer itself. You'll never know if the main C Drive itself is getting corrupted to the point where the backups itself is affected
Thanks for your interesting videos cybercpu. I re-enabled regbackup in the registry (Win 10). Decided to not add the daily scheduled tasks shown since I only want to periodically make a registry backup. After rebooting, I went to the Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup scheduled task and ran the task manually. It does backup the registry by populating the 5 mentioned folders. BUT in addition created 10 zero byte log files (2 for each folder ie. default.log1 & default.log2) Not a biggie, but what's up with the 0 byte logs?
Yes, Microsoft is 100% right for space-saving on disk because for a person like me who has worked on PC XT with 360 KB floppy disk, 2 MB is a huge number 🙄
I had system restore turned on both my Win 10 and Win 11 computers. I did add that registry key for the reg backup and had to put that line into the Command Prompt Window and I am still not sure if it will create registry backups. It may not show as scheduled task until a reboot. That said, when System Restore creates a Restore Point it is also backing up the registry. When you run System Restore to restore the computer you will see in the progress area that it is simply restoring all the registry entries.
I think there's a fair chance Microsoft disabling these features may be related to Microsoft being keen for everyone to comply with Microsoft default settings that serve Microsoft's profits. When you reset your PC, all your settings get reset to defaults, e.g. Edge/Bing as the default browser, and automatically backing up your Documents folder to OneDrive (where it counts against the 5 GB free storage), and Microsoft can take another opportunity to force you to sign in with a Microsoft account. It could well indeed also be related to the push to get more people to buy new PCs.
Highly appreciat all the usefull videos and work! Thank you very much! There is only one thing I wish to change: A bit more meaningful video titles. Happy holidays!
Sorry, but often the System Resore cannot restore to a previous date - you get an error message saying it cannot restore and thats it. The restore may not function because of your antivirus, but I tried that and it still did not work. It worked in Win 7, but not in Win 10 and Win 11.... Even the computer's restore set-points did not work. Any other comments?...
Thanks for posting this info, just for info, on my Windows Pro.10, the Registry Editor is shows up as active, but Windows System Restore, does not, although to be honest been running this Windows for so long, can't recall if I made usage of it during install, as I make back-up copies of anything important to me.
Do you think that some of the windows programs like the games actually have malware in them when you get it ? And can I update Windows 7 Home Premium to this? But then my programs won't work like the picture program and the video program?
Dude, you're so helpful and I greatly appreciate this information and your advice. Big thumbs up from halfway around the world and thank you for educating us.
I don't understand this thing, I guess it just needed a break from my, it lost it boot even in the BIOS, so I reviewed one of the old boot repair videos, and figgered I try and reset the files, and when I went to enter into the usb the boot file showed up, and I was able to conplete the backup repair. Thank you for all your videos, they have been great Thank you
Microsoft uses Cloud back-up. I use 7 PC's and I have had them on a Microsoft account only to find the wrong data gets reinstalled to the wrong PC. Microsoft Cloud doesn't know or understand which PC I'm re-installing on. Even when each PC has it's own specific Identification label or name. And this is occurring at least once every two Months. Another problem these PC's set up in My Microsoft account without my permission (probably from a re-install) that I hadn't checked on in a while. Thank you for making this TH-cam video
Excellent video, I knew this a while ago but still good to remind people of it. Also that tool, forgot the name turns it on but can you show them how to restoreit from command prompt plz thanks
Thanks. Just remembered to update my new Windows 11 PC. Did so previously on my WIn 10 with the F8 key. System restore was already enabled on my Win 11 PC, but a check was good.
i need to do system restore every time a windows update happens lately, so i have to disagree on the comment where you were saying not many will have to do it lol. the most recent windows updates for windows 10 deleted my power options and i had to roll back my updates and disable windows updates permanently, because if i dont, i will lose my power options, so im kinda fucked now because i cant update my system because every time i do windows updates deletes my power options.
What is the difference between adding the Registry Periodic Backup and performing a reg export HKLM/HKCU/HKCR/HKCC/HKU? The files in the Windows\System32\config\Regbkup folder can't be copied and compressed to create a backup on a different drive...
Your user data and programs are mainly in C:\Users C:\ProgramData C:\ProgramFiles and C:\ProgramFiles x86 (mostly programs) You can also partition Windows into its own partition and backup the entire partition image.
I just tried to do the Regit Edit and now my system is locked in a loop or some thing. it will not boot. I got the first post up showing the first menu with Press f2 or DEL to run UEFI Setup, Press F6 for Instant Flash, Press F11 for Boot Menu, Press Tab to Switch Screen, but it's locked I can't do anything with it? I went through the first part of your video to reset the regiter backup and di a retart but now I'm stuck.
There used to be a syndicated radio show that came on once a week way back in the day called, The Doctor Demento Show, I think he still does a weekly podcast these days. Dr. Demento actually discovered Weird Al Yankovic, and helped him launch his career. The radio show contained parody songs, and even originals, which were all very funny, anywho, one of the original songs was called "Reinstalling Windows" by Les Barker. The song can easily be found on TH-cam and I think most people who read this will find it very funny, or at least, very true.
Computers have bigger disks then 20 years ago, whether SSD or HDD, so Microsoft doesn't need to turn off features that take up space on your disk. They reduced the number of days you can go back to the previous version of Windows from 30 days to 10 days. They also claim to save disk space.
The regbackup finished but took 30 minutes. The second problem is trying to create a restore point but get message can't find file and the error is 0x80070002. Know what that is?
make a export of original MS Tasks befor making any changes to it. Some of the Tasks like defrag or regidlebackup work if switched the mode from config for: "windows 10" back to : "Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008" Mode. But manipulating the original Microsoft Task break the Defrag GUI program to start. Then you have to import the Task from a good PC or use the backup export tasks, and dhe Defrag and optimizing GUI Software runs again.
How many times and on which conditions you may have a corrupted registry in windows? if you have enabled system restore, every time, when you install something it need to do a restore point automatically, isn't it? So if you have a corrupted system, it will restore even with your registry, isn't like that please? THX!!!
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Those are two things I purposefully disabled many years ago, long before 2019. 2014, maybe? Once I figured out a proper backup scheme, and made sure I could restore an image of my system drive, partitioned from all of my data, also backed up. Those are system resource hogs(well, maybe not registry backup) that I could not accept. There are better ways.
My RegBack folder was empty (not empty files, no files) both before and after following along. I ran and also rebooted. I copied / pasted your entry so I would not miss type it. ? Win11 23H2, build 22631.4460
I cannot like this video enough...You are right on the money...I remember years ago I was using my laptop and suddenly it turned off...So I restarted, and Windows kept giving me that blue screen of death...I thought, no problem, I will just boot into advanced troubleshooting and use system restore...Unfortunately, Windows 10 had system restore turned off...Which puzzled me, I have used Windows XP for years and Windows XP will make a restore point after some driver, registry, or system change...I didn't realize Windows 10 had it turned off by default... I have a dual boot configuration of Windows XP and Windows 10...I have both partitions backed up using Drive Snapshot...So I just burned the image back onto the hard drive...I use Erunt to back up the registry for Windows XP but for some unknown reason, it will not work for Windows 10...Even in compatibility settings...I understand security, I do, but Microsoft seems to be using security as a guise to prevent you from doing anything that will preserve your user account... Oh, have you ever tried to browse your local folders like "application data"??? I mean in Windows XP you can open any system folder...In Windows 10, even if you take control of a folder, it will still give you an error, by design perhaps???
Can somebody explain why the registry key is required in the first place? If the process RegIdleBackup is actually doing the backup, wouldn't that create the backup even if the registry key wasn't modified?
Didn't know reg backup was disabled either. Just note that if you make "system" sole owner are typing this from normal local account you cannot try it in task manager-you have to restart it and check directory.
I don't remember ever having to reinstall win95/98/xp/7. After that I got tired of fixing all my settings after every update. I went to Mint in 2018 and the groundhog day run around finally stopped. Learning linux once is better than chasing down settings over and over. So far Timeshift hasn't broken once.
My system restore points disappear after a couple of days in Windows 11. What’s the deal? I have plenty of reserved room. Had the same problem with Windows 7.
ok so just as i put in registry editor i got the same msg like always "this app can't open. there's a problem w/this app. reinstalls the application from its original install location or contact your administrator (i assume it's me). this is what i get every time now since it reset itself and now in S-mode...can't do anything
I re-enabled the reg backup as per the instructions, and all seems OK. So thanks for that. However, I can't do the System Restore part at all, as there is no 'Create a restore point' option in my Control Panel, and searching for it results in absolutely nothing. It's like it simply doesn't exist on my PC. This is Win11 23H2 fully up to date (24H2 hasn't been offered to me yet, thankfully). Any ideas? Edit: OK, I found it. I had to go into Control Panel -> Recovery -> Open System Restore. That got me to the 'System Properties' window and I could follow from there on. No idea why I have no 'Create a restore point' option in CP though.
My complete family now has moved away from all Microsoft products & found Zorin 17.2 O/S which is Linux based. Been real easy switching over & been real simple setting up printers & other items. Plus I like the fact they have 3 versions to choose from Zorin OS 17.2 Education or Zorin OS 17.2 Core plus Zorin OS 17.2 Pro which is their paid version. So the last three months I have spent switching everyone over & they all have find it easy to workout all differences & find work a rounds.
This is the main reason I like keeping my documents and stuff on a separate drive/ It makes using the last resort option easy to carry out without needing to worry about losing all of my documents and other valuable information.
you dont need to with onedrive
@@Jean-SimonChenard 😅😂🤣
Yes indeed, saw how to do that long time ago. Been a life saver ever since. Especially setting up friends or relatives who don't know so much about how to use pc and privacy and security. Having it on a separate drive really helped when having to reinstall windows after a major failure. Stuff is already backed up.
As for onedrive. Hard pass. I don't use any microsoft accounts for anything.
I grew up on Win95 and used to not sharing and learning to store without the invasion of privacy and now "we can use your data for AI training" BS.
Agreed. I've been doing this for at least 20 years now and have never lost any data due to having to reinstall Windows. I also have my data drives in a RAID1 array and back it up to 2 external drives. Belt and Braces.
I'm with you on those last few points, Rich - no conspiracies required.
So many people nowadays have been conditioned to be lazy, uneducated around the tech they use, and addicted to buying new stuff.
Convenience is king, right?
Like you, I couldn't put a number to it, but I bet there are more than a few people who would just move from Windows 10 to 11 (might as well, if all your data is nuked), or simply buy a new machine if something like this happened.
Thanks for the help and advice - I've learned a lot from you, and continue to do so!
minimum efort society.
certainly money to be made... Companies do not want people to fix anything, just buy a new one..
Truth.
1. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Configuration Manager
Create a DWORD(32-bit value) = EnablePeriodicBackup, set it to 1.
2. schtasks /run /i /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup"
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THANK YOU... Got to that part and went to the description and it wasn't there..
Thank you.
Are saying that in the script it should be “ty” and NOT “tn” as stated?
Thanks!!
OK, super, but how can anyone benefit from a backed up registry, how exactly you'd do in case you'd need to revert to the previous registry? What would you need to revert and what tools should you use?!
Thank you Rich @CyberCPU for another great video. I use Linux as my daily driver, but that doesn't mean (as a fellow technician) that I don't need/want to stay up-to-date regarding WIndows tips & tricks. I was scratching my head a little while you were saying "only 1 in 100 may need System Restore" and "only 1 in 1000 will ever need to restore a Registry Backup" but then I realized that you wanted to compare scenarios. I think it's a perfect analogy, comparing backup/restore features to the air bag feature in our cars. I have never had an air bag deploy on me & fingers crossed, I never will, but yeah, it's nice to know that it's there for me IF needed. Thanks again, and keep up the good work ... looking forward to the next episode already =)
Thank you for going through these steps to turn these back on, I actually didn't even know they were disabled. As a business person I believe fully that turning off these features in their minds will create sales. Many people buy their computers preloaded with windows from big box stores. Anyway, thanks a bunch. I just subscribed!
Love the Peanuts tree. Merry Christmas!
Thank you! You too!
@@CyberCPUHey Rich i have discovered an issue with Win 10 version 22H2 and it doesn't matter32 bit or 64 bit.
I will turn on system restore, create a restore point and check back after a few boot ups and the restore point is gone. Disk protection is still turned on, however the restore point is gone.
The system is MBR instead of UEFI i do not know it that's why.
This occurs on two different hard disks an existing install and a fresh install.
I searched the reason a system restore would disappear and the only suggestion I found was turn on sys restore reboot then make the restore point.
The result is the same after a few power on/reboots, the restore point is nowhere to be found.
Perhaps it ia related to MBR/UEFI, however I don't understand why that would affect or interfer with system restore. Perhaps you should check your availability of restore point(s) and see if they are disappearing too.
I don't have a desktop UEFI system to do my own checks. I do have an older laptop and it is available and actually used it one time and after approximately 2 hours the laptop worked. I didn't know that taking ownership of certain programs would cause Windows 10 to choke, but it sure did. Something to do with session manager failing or something like that. I was attempting to uninstall stuff like Xbox and associated Xbox programs and Windows 10 did not like it at all. I don't remember what happened when booting, black screen or something else it was long ago. I did the recovery partition and ran system restore and all was well, after the 2 hours that is.
You never know when a part on your PC will fail and it could happen suddenly without warning. This is why you need to make regular backups of your data
Winblows updates fail every damn week, screw hardware.
it doesn't warn you and yes it happens suddenly that's why smart people back up there information and files on an external hard drive.
Love the little Charlie Brown Christmas tree 🤣
A system Image is one of the best backups... Control Panel > Back up and Restore, then top left corner is 'Create a System Image'. Can take a few hours to complete if you have a lot of data and programs installed, but you have an exact copy of the entire system. Can restore the system exactly as it was, or grab individual files by assigning a drive letter to the image in Disk Management. System Restore is a great quick tool, but its not as good as a full image backup.
I NEVER rely on Microsoft Windows to backup or restore anything. I use Macrium Reflect and it has never failed me. It even allows you to add a boot menu option. They charge for it now, but you can still get the free version if you do a search for it.
@@chrisr1382pretty sure the macrium reflect “free” is just a 30 day trial
@@chrisr1382 I use Acronis.. it has save me a couple times.
@@chrisr1382 Found Windows system image very reliable, used it for over 10 years without any issues, its always restored perfectly when needed. However its not been updated since Windows 7 so there maybe some issues lurking in the code! I also manually backup all my files to a collection of old HDD in caddies, I'm backup mad I have like 5 drives all on rotation. Found Macrium Reflect free on 'majorgeeks' site, will take a look, thanks for the info!
Don't use the classic Backup and Restore Control Panel anymore. Use a 3rd party alternative.
Great video Rich, so how would restore that particular backup?
❤what a timely and important video! Just in time for my Christmas shopping. Thank You!🎉
More and more useful features gets disabled in favor of useless features, makes me so glad I do most of my work on Linux now. A simple control panel wasn't enough, we have to confuse everybody and make them more frustrated trying to solve a problem that only took one click in Windows XP.
Microsoft stay fixing things that aren't broken
That's what happens when you have a huge staff that need an excuse to not get fired.
2 months ago, I installed a Visual Studio Dev Kit for a project that I taught I would learn easily. I finally give up. But VS added hundreds of lines in my registry that I can't delete. I will create a system point before installing a new software.
Could you please create an in-depth video covering ALL the registry edits you have made in your previous videos? I would appreciate a comprehensive overview of the changes and their effects
One thing for sure - never keep your data files (documents, pics, spreadsheets, etc.) on your C: partition. Always keep your irreplaceable data on a separate drive, and back that one up. In case of a ransomware attack you can always re-install Windoze without losing your important data files. Also don't keep personal or sensitive files in the home system folders - documents, pictures, etc.
A ransomware attack encrypts all files, all available drives, including networked drives. Your separate drives are doomed.
Decades ago, as a test, I kept my data files on a separate internal drive. I had to change many registry entries to tell Windows where the default folders were now located and had to redirect other software that was too stupid to know. In the end, I gained nothing but just another drive to replace or fail.
There is no substitute for having a backup though, local and offsite.
There is a way to stop ransomware from accessing your backup files, even if the drive is connected. But this isn't the place or time to discuss that.
I'm impressed. I followed another of your videos when everything went down the crapper. I realized later that day that microlimp had done an update. Everything went absolutely haywire. All my settings had been changed. Even my video settings had been set to high contrast black and white. I also ended up with a file on the C drive that was listed as Windows.old. I haven't seen that since I think it was XP. I thought it had something to do with following your instructions. Now I know the truth so I decided to follow this video. At first the registry backup didn't work so I went back in and cut and paste to put the task line in. I rebooted and it worked. I must have missed something in the the line the first time around. I had already set up restore to run but I compared what I had done with what you did. Jeez. I finally got one right. LOL
Anyway, I enjoyed the video and I'll be back to checkout some more. I've only had this computer for around 3 weeks so I'm just learning Windows 11. I still have some problems microlimps update caused so I'll be looking on your channel for how to correct these problems. Thank you very much for this video. Take care and be safe.
"Day 2, computer 2 done. Only 2 more to go"
Microsoft really love dumping on their customers with these lame tricks. Thanks for the heads up from a very chilly England.
Yep, but users who like it The Way it Was, turned off updates, and only turn them back on IF the updates turn out to be purely beneficial to Us. which they haven't been lately. We don't have the New and Improved MS Spyware on our systems so we don't have to Try to Uninstall or Disable it...
Not everyone drinks the MS KrewAid. 🍺🍻
great content...thanks...quick question, in the Task Manager setup (7:34ish) it sounds like you say RegBackup, however you only type ReBackup...could you confirm please 🙂
even system restore never worked for me always it end with the same message "could not restore the system" ......
Same.
Try it in Safe Mode
Mine has been on and off also. The buggars
This usually depends on how old is the backup, this never happend to me except with restore point weeks old
I had great luck with standalone systems but since I started at an organization with an ugly amount of group policies, it 100% does not work on domain joined computers. Has to do with the onedrive folder of all things.
Thanks man, always appreciate your videos, you provide insight into the why and how of things which is extra useful
Love the Charlie Brown Christmas decorations!
Thanks for this, but I have to say that system protection was already "on" when I went into it. Now, I have a restore point where I want it and a reg backup when I need it. Keep up the great advice, and thanks again.
Without videos like this alot of people would be screwed so thanks for the info
7:48 Is it not necessary to use the scroll down menu at the bottom to also change it to *"Configure For: Windows 10" (or 11)?* Is it ok to just leave that at "Configure For: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008"?
How long should the backup take when you manual run the event? I see that you checked the file sizes while the event was still running. I'm guessing the files you're showing already had data prior to running and completing the event?
Love the Charlie Brown Christmas tree 🙂
Thanks for the great info 👍👍
That’s why you NEVER pay Microsoft anything close to their bs $$$$.
Unless you're willing to pay 30 bucks for 3 more years of support for windows 10
It would be helpful if you could list out the entire text of the registry path & value you're adding as plain text on the screen of the video, or preferably in the description or a pinned comment. Thanks!
Your a legend #CyberCPUTech 👌👌👌 Just had to re-install windows 10 due to a windows update going terrible wrong. I was pissed finding out nothing was saved in registry backup or system restore.🤬🤬🤬 THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO ✌✌✌✌👏👏👏
Kick butt!!! Thank you for the recommendation with Reg backups. It looks like my restore point was already enabled.
Very helpful, but how do you restore the registry from the backup?
Great video! I had no idea system restore was disabled by default.
One of the authentic tech youtuber out here, cheers bother
And as you mentioned before... they enable BitLocker by default.... and end users are clueless... so we have no way of getting their stuff off a drive!
bitlocker is so useless, if someone has your device in their hands, opening encrypted drives is as easy as double clicking a browser shortcut, but for online protection is quite good but still annoying
@@mvstermlnd So, you have corrupted drive, no keys, but a browser shortcut opens the drive... right........
@@TechRealityGlasgow no you didnt get it, what i said was, if someone has your physical device in their hands, it is soooooo easy to access your data without knowing the key, because the key is stored in ram or somewhere, cant remember where exactly, but i saw a couple months ago a guy in yt litteraly gaining access to a bitlocker encrypted drive within 10 minutes, maybe less than 10 minutes, so thats what i meant by as easy as double clicking a shortcut.
@@mvstermlnd My original point is down to the fact that if an end-user has a problem, we would usually pull the drive out and copy the data off, but if the drive is encrypted with BitLocker you are knackered as you need to the key. Same when you try and boot into safe mode and do recover on the drive, it asks for the key... If you can log into the computer account then, of course, getting data off is simple as you are in and have access to the data.
@@TechRealityGlasgow i understand what youre saying, and i do understand encryption, and i know that without that key youll get a bunch of garbage back, but what im saying is that if you know where that key is stored, all you have to do is copy that data from that part and unlock a drive, same as that kid did it on a youtube video under 10 minutes, i wish i could find the video, its been months, but i initially commented to mock the security of bitlocker if device is in the wrong hands, but now since ur main worry is recovering data of bitlocker encrypted drives for clients, im telling you, no need to worry, there's hope, that method i saw was under 10 minutes so the data is not 100% lost if you know where that key is stored, damn, i wish i could find you that video. lemme try
Funny you mentioned backups. I have a 2TB external drive I keep all my music and photos on. I was reformatting a 1TB ssd and like a dummy I clicked the wrong one and reformatted the 2TB. I tried several recovery options Recuva and two others to no avail. 260GB of music and 228 GB of photos. After a couple of days I remembered I had uploaded all my music to Google play music years ago. And Google still had them! So I used Google takeout and got them all back. The sad part is their completely out of order and everything was converted to mp3's. Also, I went to Adobe who also kept all my photos and got them back too. I lucked out, I think.
Right now I have 1 2tb backup external ssd but this is my fear when I get another. So my plan is to mark them with some indication on the ssd itself. Maybe rename the drive or something
Compress everything yourself if you want to preserve your originals. Google won't screw with compressed files.
All I can say is thank you did everything but the host copy and paste didn’t want to deal with the non virus bit appreciate the hard work keep it up.
I’ve had System Restore switched on for a long time, but every time I use it it always fails to restore the restore point no matter which restore point I choose. Do you know of a fix?
Excellent explanations, dear brother, Please explain how to install Windows 11 alongside Windows 10 on hard drive C, which has Windows 10 installed, and dual boot the computer. Thank you.
11:26 What if "Turn on system protection" is greyed out. How can we turn that on? Any solution?
Hi, Thanks for your tips.
Whats are the tips or app to keep system clean and healthy...? Thanks.
Special thanks, I just re-enabled the registry backup feature. Thanks for the tip.
The best way to backup Reg is to external drive or just use USB Flashdrive. Basically not anywhere inside the Computer itself.
You'll never know if the main C Drive itself is getting corrupted to the point where the backups itself is affected
Thanks for your interesting videos cybercpu. I re-enabled regbackup in the registry (Win 10). Decided to not add the daily scheduled tasks shown since I only want to periodically make a registry backup. After rebooting, I went to the Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup scheduled task and ran the task manually. It does backup the registry by populating the 5 mentioned folders. BUT in addition created 10 zero byte log files (2 for each folder ie. default.log1 & default.log2) Not a biggie, but what's up with the 0 byte logs?
Yes, Microsoft is 100% right for space-saving on disk because for a person like me who has worked on PC XT with 360 KB floppy disk, 2 MB is a huge number 🙄
Lol!
Still using my trustly C-64 - Wee bit slow though
I had system restore turned on both my Win 10 and Win 11 computers. I did add that registry key for the reg backup and had to put that line into the Command Prompt Window and I am still not sure if it will create registry backups. It may not show as scheduled task until a reboot. That said, when System Restore creates a Restore Point it is also backing up the registry. When you run System Restore to restore the computer you will see in the progress area that it is simply restoring all the registry entries.
QUESTION: HOW DOES ONE USE REGISTRY BACKUP ? if the registry is suddenly corrupted, what are the steps to install the previous backup ?
I think there's a fair chance Microsoft disabling these features may be related to Microsoft being keen for everyone to comply with Microsoft default settings that serve Microsoft's profits. When you reset your PC, all your settings get reset to defaults, e.g. Edge/Bing as the default browser, and automatically backing up your Documents folder to OneDrive (where it counts against the 5 GB free storage), and Microsoft can take another opportunity to force you to sign in with a Microsoft account. It could well indeed also be related to the push to get more people to buy new PCs.
Highly appreciat all the usefull videos and work! Thank you very much! There is only one thing I wish to change: A bit more meaningful video titles. Happy holidays!
Sorry, but often the System Resore cannot restore to a previous date - you get an error message saying it cannot restore and thats it. The restore may not function because of your antivirus, but I tried that and it still did not work. It worked in Win 7, but not in Win 10 and Win 11.... Even the computer's restore set-points did not work. Any other comments?...
Thanks for posting this info, just for info, on my Windows Pro.10, the Registry Editor is shows up as active, but Windows System Restore, does not, although to be honest been running this Windows for so long, can't recall if I made usage of it during install, as I make back-up copies of anything important to me.
Do you think that some of the windows programs like the games actually have malware in them when you get it ? And can I update Windows 7 Home Premium to this? But then my programs won't work like the picture program and the video program?
I just did. Thanks for the information. Take care. Cheers
Dude, you're so helpful and I greatly appreciate this information and your advice. Big thumbs up from halfway around the world and thank you for educating us.
I don't understand this thing, I guess it just needed a break from my, it lost it boot even in the BIOS, so I reviewed one of the old boot repair videos, and figgered I try and reset the files, and when I went to enter into the usb the boot file showed up, and I was able to conplete the backup repair. Thank you for all your videos, they have been great Thank you
Microsoft uses Cloud back-up. I use 7 PC's and I have had them on a Microsoft account only to find the wrong data gets reinstalled to the wrong PC. Microsoft Cloud doesn't know or understand which PC I'm re-installing on. Even when each PC has it's own specific Identification label or name. And this is occurring at least once every two Months.
Another problem these PC's set up in My Microsoft account without my permission (probably from a re-install) that I hadn't checked on in a while.
Thank you for making this TH-cam video
Can you do a video on how to recover using these when the system crashes
Excellent video, I knew this a while ago but still good to remind people of it. Also that tool, forgot the name turns it on but can you show them how to restoreit from command prompt plz thanks
Thanks. Just remembered to update my new Windows 11 PC. Did so previously on my WIn 10 with the F8 key. System restore was already enabled on my Win 11 PC, but a check was good.
i need to do system restore every time a windows update happens lately, so i have to disagree on the comment where you were saying not many will have to do it lol. the most recent windows updates for windows 10 deleted my power options and i had to roll back my updates and disable windows updates permanently, because if i dont, i will lose my power options, so im kinda fucked now because i cant update my system because every time i do windows updates deletes my power options.
Another great video. I was in the dark, but can now see.
Could you do a video on how to restore from a registry backup?
What is the difference between adding the Registry Periodic Backup and performing a reg export HKLM/HKCU/HKCR/HKCC/HKU? The files in the Windows\System32\config\Regbkup folder can't be copied and compressed to create a backup on a different drive...
so, do we manually need to remove older regedit files ?? or is that handled by system?
Your user data and programs are mainly in
C:\Users
C:\ProgramData
C:\ProgramFiles and C:\ProgramFiles x86 (mostly programs)
You can also partition Windows into its own partition and backup the entire partition image.
I just tried to do the Regit Edit and now my system is locked in a loop or some thing. it will not boot. I got the first post up showing the first menu with Press f2 or DEL to run UEFI Setup, Press F6 for Instant Flash, Press F11 for Boot Menu, Press Tab to Switch Screen, but it's locked I can't do anything with it?
I went through the first part of your video to reset the regiter backup and di a retart but now I'm stuck.
Can you do a demonstration on how you'd use the registry backup and system restore on a PC that won't boot, or has issues?
There used to be a syndicated radio show that came on once a week way back in the day called, The Doctor Demento Show, I think he still does a weekly podcast these days. Dr. Demento actually discovered Weird Al Yankovic, and helped him launch his career. The radio show contained parody songs, and even originals, which were all very funny, anywho, one of the original songs was called "Reinstalling Windows" by Les Barker. The song can easily be found on TH-cam and I think most people who read this will find it very funny, or at least, very true.
Computers have bigger disks then 20 years ago, whether SSD or HDD, so Microsoft doesn't need to turn off features that take up space on your disk. They reduced the number of days you can go back to the previous version of Windows from 30 days to 10 days. They also claim to save disk space.
It's very easy to go back. Use disk imaging software and ignore microsoft.
16:01 makes perfect sense from business point.
The regbackup finished but took 30 minutes. The second problem is trying to create a restore point but get message can't find file and the error is 0x80070002. Know what that is?
make a export of original MS Tasks befor making any changes to it. Some of the Tasks like defrag or regidlebackup work if switched the mode from config for: "windows 10" back to : "Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008" Mode. But manipulating the original Microsoft Task break the Defrag GUI program to start. Then you have to import the Task from a good PC or use the backup export tasks, and dhe Defrag and optimizing GUI Software runs again.
Thanks, that fixed it for me as the reg backup folder was not updating when the task was run. cheers
Thanks for the info... Just like any tool you don't miss it until it is gone... Keep up the good work. :}
How many times and on which conditions you may have a corrupted registry in windows? if you have enabled system restore, every time, when you install something it need to do a restore point automatically, isn't it? So if you have a corrupted system, it will restore even with your registry, isn't like that please? THX!!!
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For some reason, the RegBack folder isn't populated with any files for me. Either before or after setting up the RegBackup task.
Did you reboot after the reg change?
Those are two things I purposefully disabled many years ago, long before 2019. 2014, maybe? Once I figured out a proper backup scheme, and made sure I could restore an image of my system drive, partitioned from all of my data, also backed up. Those are system resource hogs(well, maybe not registry backup) that I could not accept. There are better ways.
Thank you. My other computer struggling to update the 11 H2 something. I know that is a different issue but have found no solution.
Great info. I needed this 2 days ago. Ended up nuking windows and reloaded. Thanks, next time I will know!
Thank you.... Keep up the good work...
My RegBack folder was empty (not empty files, no files) both before and after following along. I ran and also rebooted. I copied / pasted your entry so I would not miss type it. ? Win11 23H2, build 22631.4460
@CyberCPU Hey handsome, the registry backup, can you show us how to repair the registry using the backup if we can't boot into windows please.
I use restore points regularly when installing new software. Some software (razer synapse/chroma) leaves stuff around even after revo untinstall.
Hi love the show but I have a problem and it seem many others to and this Win 11 Explorer keeps resetting do you know how to fix it
Thanks for this tip but I have a question: my directory also contains a bunch of log files (example SAM1.LOG) any ideas why?
I cannot like this video enough...You are right on the money...I remember years ago I was using my laptop and suddenly it turned off...So I restarted, and Windows kept giving me that blue screen of death...I thought, no problem, I will just boot into advanced troubleshooting and use system restore...Unfortunately, Windows 10 had system restore turned off...Which puzzled me, I have used Windows XP for years and Windows XP will make a restore point after some driver, registry, or system change...I didn't realize Windows 10 had it turned off by default...
I have a dual boot configuration of Windows XP and Windows 10...I have both partitions backed up using Drive Snapshot...So I just burned the image back onto the hard drive...I use Erunt to back up the registry for Windows XP but for some unknown reason, it will not work for Windows 10...Even in compatibility settings...I understand security, I do, but Microsoft seems to be using security as a guise to prevent you from doing anything that will preserve your user account...
Oh, have you ever tried to browse your local folders like "application data"??? I mean in Windows XP you can open any system folder...In Windows 10, even if you take control of a folder, it will still give you an error, by design perhaps???
Can somebody explain why the registry key is required in the first place? If the process RegIdleBackup is actually doing the backup, wouldn't that create the backup even if the registry key wasn't modified?
Didn't know reg backup was disabled either. Just note that if you make "system" sole owner are typing this from normal local account you cannot try it in task manager-you have to restart it and check directory.
I don't remember ever having to reinstall win95/98/xp/7. After that I got tired of fixing all my settings after every update. I went to Mint in 2018 and the groundhog day run around finally stopped. Learning linux once is better than chasing down settings over and over. So far Timeshift hasn't broken once.
How do I undo this registry backup? Help!!!
My system restore points disappear after a couple of days in Windows 11. What’s the deal? I have plenty of reserved room. Had the same problem with Windows 7.
Excellent video!
ok so just as i put in registry editor i got the same msg like always "this app can't open. there's a problem w/this app. reinstalls the application from its original install location or contact your administrator (i assume it's me). this is what i get every time now since it reset itself and now in S-mode...can't do anything
Thanks for this! Of all the system functions for them to turn off this is one that should have been left on!
Some recommend System Restore should be enabled, but Microsoft doesn't enable it by default
My restore points disappear after a couple of days in Windows 11. So pointless. And there is plenty of reserved space. Had same problem in Windows 7.
I re-enabled the reg backup as per the instructions, and all seems OK. So thanks for that.
However, I can't do the System Restore part at all, as there is no 'Create a restore point' option in my Control Panel, and searching for it results in absolutely nothing. It's like it simply doesn't exist on my PC. This is Win11 23H2 fully up to date (24H2 hasn't been offered to me yet, thankfully). Any ideas?
Edit: OK, I found it. I had to go into Control Panel -> Recovery -> Open System Restore. That got me to the 'System Properties' window and I could follow from there on. No idea why I have no 'Create a restore point' option in CP though.
My complete family now has moved away from all Microsoft products & found Zorin 17.2 O/S which is Linux based.
Been real easy switching over & been real simple setting up printers & other items.
Plus I like the fact they have 3 versions to choose from Zorin OS 17.2 Education or Zorin OS 17.2 Core plus Zorin OS 17.2 Pro which is their paid version.
So the last three months I have spent switching everyone over & they all have find it easy to workout all differences & find work a rounds.
Thnx! even made it work with a dutch win11 version
System restore is usually enabled for the drive with the operating system but what about for other storage drives?
You can turn it on for all your drives.