Solved System Protection issue

jonnied12 · Dec 25, 2021

I like to have system protection turned off because I use Macrium Reflect for backups on a regular basis.
For some reason Windows will turn it back on for my system drive (C).
I don't know what triggers Windows to do this. Is there a way to permanently prevent this from happening?

BunnyJ · Dec 25, 2021

Turn On or Off System Protection for Drives in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off System Protection for Drives in Windows 10

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jonnied12 · Dec 25, 2021

BunnyJ said:
Turn On or Off System Protection for Drives in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off System Protection for Drives in Windows 10

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I do turn it off in system properties. Still comes back on.

BunnyJ · Dec 25, 2021

That's the best I have

Ghot · Dec 25, 2021

jonnied12 said:
I do turn it off in system properties. Still comes back on.

Sometimes Windows updates will turn things ON, that you have turned OFF.
Win 11 is a new OS... things like this will happen for a while yet.

Just keep turning it OFF for now.

Side note:
In a lot of these tutorials, it seems that the registry patches, work the best.
They generally seem to be the equivalent or stronger (more final), of the offered solutions.

jonnied12 · Dec 25, 2021

Thanks guys. It's just one those Windows things that annoy me.
Merry Christmas to all.

Ghot · Dec 25, 2021

jonnied12 said:
Thanks guys. It's just one those Windows things that annoy me.
Merry Christmas to all.

Just so you know... it annoys all of us.

BunnyJ · Dec 25, 2021

jonnied12 said:
Thanks guys. It's just one those Windows things that annoy me.
Merry Christmas to all.

Merry Christmas..

BunnyJ · Dec 25, 2021

Ghot said:
Just so you know... it annoys all of us. :)

This..

The-Hive · Dec 25, 2021

You could always reduce the space allocated to it to 0% or something too small to hold a restore point if win 11 lets you

Dru2 · Jan 6, 2022

jonnied12 said:
I do turn it off in system properties. Still comes back on.

System Protection should stay turned off unless there was a new OS install/upgrade. Windows 10 System Protection won't stay off

Anyway, I leave mine on for C-drive, but only dedicate 2 percent (10gig) to it. Anything past that will delete the oldest Restore Point(s) first to make room for the next restore point(s).

Bree · Jan 6, 2022

jonnied12 said:
Thanks guys. It's just one those Windows things that annoy me.
Merry Christmas to all.

Happy new year.

I leave it turned on, just in case it may be useful one day. If you're concerned that your Macrium images will be bloated with all your restore points, then you shouldn't be. The restore points are specifically excluded from a Macrium image.

Name: RestorePoints
Type: REG_SZ_MULTI
Value: $AllVolumes$\System Volume Information\*{3808876B-C176-4e48-B7AE-04046E6CC752} /s

This entry is essential and ensures that the shadow copy diff area is excluded from images. Without this entry images may become unnecessarily large....

How to exclude files from a Disk Image - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

knowledgebase.macrium.com

cereberus · Feb 3, 2022

Well here is the thing, if I have restore points off, they get put back on by major updates. However, if I have them on, they get turned off. So the update gremlins are out to get me LOL.

ShamrockRig · Feb 3, 2022

cereberus said:
Well here is the thing, if I have restore points off, they get put back on by major updates. However, if I have them on, they get turned off. So the update gremlins are out to get me LOL.

This happens to me with some things xD, HDR sometimes likes to turn itself off after an update, Also it ALWAYS turns back on search indexing after every one, Thankfully its 2 seconds to sort. However i've had automatic sample submisson turned off from day 1 and it doesn't come back on. Yay xD