Can I change automatic system protection "shadow copies" settings?

After experiencing occasional hiccups during playback of digital audio files on my internal storage drive, I did some troubleshooting and found that this glitch ALWAYS occurs at just a few seconds past 12:00 PM when I happen to be playing audio at that time. Checking Event Viewer I figured out what system event happens at the same exact time each day and found that it is "Ntfs (Microsoft-Windows-Ntfs)" with Event ID 98. See attached screenshot.



I posted on the users forum for the audio software I use for music playback (JRiver Music Center) and was given a link to this page explaining what it is that is happening automatically at the same time every day: Windows Shadow Copies Explained: Restore Deleted Files Without a Backup Drive | Optimised Computing — Optimised Computing

That page explains the purpose and value of this setting in creating automatic system restore points and tells me how to turn it on or off. I can get rid of the glitch in my music listening by turning it off as instructed, but then I have to turn it back on again or else I will not get the benefit of this system protection feature if I just leave it off. Looking at the options given I can only turn on system protection (which will automatically scan the OS drive at 12:00:00 every day), or disable the feature entirely.



What I would like to do is to change the scheduled time for this event to occur daily. 12:00 PM is a time of day I am often listening to music on my computer and I hate it when the glitch or hiccup happens during a song. Can I change the scheduled time for this automatic background event from 12:00 PM to 8:00 AM for example, since that is a time my computer is always on and I am not playing music at that time as a rule?

Are you referring to Point in time restore? If so, it can be turned off or you can change the frequency of when point in time restore points are created. . I make regular images so I do not use point in time restore at all. I have it disabled. As for system restore. the only time my system automatically creates a system restore point is before a windows update is applied.

But you need to understand the difference in system restore points and point in time restore before making your choices.

• System Restore: Saves system files, the registry, and installed programs. It does not touch or restore your personal documents.

• Point-in-Time Restore: Saves a complete snapshot of your main drive (C:). This includes Windows, apps, settings, and personal local files. If you roll back, any local files created after that time are lost

How to disable point in time restore.

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You can change the frequency of when windows creates point in time restore points.