Is Avast blocking the creation of restore points in System Restore?
(Win XP SP2; Avast 4.8. 1296)
Skip
System Restore is working fine on my XP SP3 systems.
SP3 has been available for 6 months and contains several security enhancements.
I just made a new restore point without a problem nor interference from avast.
But, like YoKenny, I am also on SP3 … though I recall no such problem on SP2 neither.
Hi, Skip.
I can’t see how Avast would be doing that. Can you confirm that you have system restore enabled, and that no services that might be required have been “tweaked” (ie: disabled)?
There were reports (http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=33391) of an incompatibility of the avast self protection module and the System Restore feature (Windows XP/Vista) in earlier versions of Avast. Has this incompatibility re-appeared in v. 4.8.1296?
I don’t think so. This problem - need to disable avast self defense module to use system restore - was already solved quite some versions ago.
Thanks for the info - - - and the prompt reply!
Welcome to the forums, Skip. 
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