Microsoft is Making it Harder to Fix Windows

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CyberCPU Tech

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@DJdoppIer
@DJdoppIer Жыл бұрын
Microsoft: _"We removed automatic registry backups to save storage space."_ Literally everyone: _"If you're concerned about space, remove the extra bloatware and telemetry services. Pretty sure that junk takes up WAY more storage."_ Microsoft: *_"NOOOOO!!! ThOsE aRe EsSeNtIaL!!!"_*
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj Жыл бұрын
BTW: Where does the telemetry bullshit get stored?
@DJdoppIer
@DJdoppIer Жыл бұрын
@@RicardoSantos-oz3uj It gets sent to Microsoft's servers where they store it and use it to send you ads and shit. One way to limit this is to type "services" in your search bar, click on the services application, and scroll down to "Connected User Experiences and Telemetry", double-click it, and change startup type to "Disabled" and then services status to "Stop", then hit "Apply" and "Okay". This can actually also help speed up older computers with mechanical hard drives because they're not constantly sending stuff to Microsoft.
@cronostvg
@cronostvg Жыл бұрын
Differing point of view.
@jerelull9629
@jerelull9629 Жыл бұрын
They are "essential" ONLY to MicroS**t. !@#$%&^* pirates & thieves.
@snsm6730
@snsm6730 Жыл бұрын
@@DJdoppIer Correct....unfortunately I hear rumors regularly that Microshaft has gone in and changed settings, They also legally have power to REMOVE software from YOUR system per the End User license fine print. How can they do this? Only if they are monitoring the state of your system....telemetry. I am especially amazed Businesses are using Win10 still....you are digitally naked in the street essentially...
@steeviebops
@steeviebops Жыл бұрын
I used to work in an IT workshop in an MSP (managed services provider, IT services for small business). I had both of these added to a post-setup script on our deployment server to make sure that it was enabled on anything we deployed. It saved our bacon many times. One thing to note is that if you have BitLocker disk encryption enabled, you'll be prompted for the 48-digit recovery key when you use the F8 menu.
@Ifalvarado
@Ifalvarado Жыл бұрын
using Sccm? is there a how to?
@stuartgibson9755
@stuartgibson9755 Жыл бұрын
My work has the same philosophy as MS, giving us "improvements" to the software that we never asked for, making our job even harder to do than it was before.
@MistyBurch-ww4ws
@MistyBurch-ww4ws Жыл бұрын
At least you are getting paid for the software you never asked for. Lol
@TechnoMinarchist
@TechnoMinarchist Жыл бұрын
It's what happens when HR takes over.
@gcraig0001
@gcraig0001 Жыл бұрын
I re-enabled System Restore a long time ago (WIN 10), but I've become very wary of Microsoft and choose to not place much faith in it working when I actually need it. My fallback plan doesn't involve reinstalling Windows and all the work that entails, I just do a monthly system disk image backup which is stored on a separate drive. If the worst happens, I just use my boot disk or USB key to start up and then install the system disk backup. At worst I lose a month of application data (not really a full month, I also do a weekly backup of User Data). I always do a lot of customization of my operating system, so the "install a fresh version of Windows and start over" is a non-starter for me. Frequent backups are my friends, and storage space is cheap these days.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
For me doing system images is just not efficient. I have way too many computers. I would have to image 10+ drives. It wouldn't be worth it.
@STCatchMeTRACjRo
@STCatchMeTRACjRo Жыл бұрын
@@CyberCPU thee is a tool to extract the folders and files of system restore point. So you can have on 1 removable driver with all your computers system restore points (extracted).
@francolittlewilliam
@francolittlewilliam Жыл бұрын
Virus System Restore 😂😂
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
@@STCatchMeTRACjRo I would be interested in that tool if you know the name of it.
@Albert_206
@Albert_206 Жыл бұрын
@@CyberCPU guess ur not the only one interested in that tool :-:)
@chrissanburn1510
@chrissanburn1510 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial, thanks so much for posting it! I haven't read through all the comments, so maybe someone else posted this already. I have 100 computers to enable on my windows domain so I turned your tips into a GPO (Group Policy Object): Created a new GPO, linked to the OU with my computer objects, named it Enable Automatic Registry Backup Right clicked the new GPO and chose Edit Expand Computer Configuration->Preferences->Windows Settings->Registry Added the two keys for EnablePeriodicBackup and BackupCount Expand Computer Configuration->Preferences->Control Panel Settings->Scheduled Tasks Right click on Scheduled Tasks and choose New->Scheduled Task (At least Windows 7) Setup the task as outlined in this tutorial. I also enabled the Setting tab option for Allow task to be run on demand.
@malcolmbrady1958
@malcolmbrady1958 Жыл бұрын
Hey !!! Thanks for taking the time to post this video I carried out your instructions regarding the Automatic Registry Backup , and am pleased to inform you I now have Auto Reg Backup. Just want to say System Restore has saved me quite a number of times, usually after Microsoft updates have been installed. Thanks Again !! Malc U.K.
@peterhaas93
@peterhaas93 Жыл бұрын
Great video! A bit confusing is that you put "Command For Task manager" in the description although you meant "Command For Task Scheduler"
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
My bad, sorry about that. It's copied and pasted directly from my notes. I didn't notice it was wrong. I'll fix it. Thanks for pointing it out.
@tendosingh5682
@tendosingh5682 Жыл бұрын
Love that you summarized the steps and made it easily visible.
@markwiley7251
@markwiley7251 6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU 6 ай бұрын
You're welcome, appreciate it.
@DS6Prophet
@DS6Prophet Жыл бұрын
Yeah, honestly, I've spent the past couple of months learning how to tweak the living fk out of Windows 10/11 & disable all their BS. Got to say, I am very pleased with all my achievements, in big part because you inspired me to get into learning my system in a deeper level of understanding, so it won't blue screen me 24/7! Thank you for your amazing work! 😊😊
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Glad my videos have helped.
@kyanoang3l0_old
@kyanoang3l0_old Жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@gex581990
@gex581990 Жыл бұрын
Same
@josephmeholick1300
@josephmeholick1300 Жыл бұрын
system restore dosen't cover most of the registry period. i only had one or two times it actually corrected a problem.
@MrHans818
@MrHans818 Жыл бұрын
@@josephmeholick1300 With my wife's laptop she accidentally. She plays games on FB that will screw things up. It usually puts some kind of malware on her computer and have to use system restore to fix her problem. Telling her to stop playing these game is like talking to the wall. So like every six months ago I have to use system restore to solve the problem. Thankfully she has an older windows that still have this feature that I don't have to fix these settings.
@DBReneau8236
@DBReneau8236 Жыл бұрын
Hi Rich, 1st off - Thank you for this video/tip! Very Useful and it will save my butt later I'm sure! I just want to say that I created Scheduled Task without going through the additional steps you took. I left the Custom Handler alone and just set all the other parameters of the task I switched the task from Run As "System" to Run As "Admin" account to run the task. After saving the task changes, I then Right-Clicked the task from the Task Scheduler and selected 'Run" and it worked perfectly! The files that were in the folder = [C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack] went from 0 bytes to various Kilobytes sizes depending on the file. I will check that the files get updated on the interval(s) I have chosen for running this task, but I feel pretty confident it should run as scheduled. Hope you read this and try it for yourself!
@angieandretti
@angieandretti Жыл бұрын
In my experience, Microsoft's "system restore" hasn't been reliable since Windows 7. Even in 8 and 8.1, it would almost always fail.
@repairman2be250
@repairman2be250 Жыл бұрын
That is my experience as well. The many times I tried on different computers it only ever worked one single time.
@pootan517
@pootan517 Жыл бұрын
I remember falling into that boot loop rabbit hole several months ago. And the similar disappointments of not seeing any file size on regback and no restorepoints. Like you, I had to make a fresh install but was able to get most of my programs and all of my data using a combination of pctrans and laplink by connecting the bootlooped hard drive as an external drive. I really hate having to re-activate and fetch for all the keys most of my programs had or even worse, discontinued, so props for easus pctrans for saving me some time lol... But overall, it took a lot longer than it should have just because they disabled regback...
@Buddy308
@Buddy308 Жыл бұрын
Too many comments for this one to be seen, but this video was SO helpful that I'm forced to leave a thank you!
@michaelprox1172
@michaelprox1172 Жыл бұрын
shame on you microsoft
@PhilipMarcYT
@PhilipMarcYT Жыл бұрын
It's just part of that wonderful Windows 11 experience. 😆
@StaceyAyodele
@StaceyAyodele Жыл бұрын
Show them the price of their sins. SWITCH to a Mac. Provided you don't need any Windows only programs, I'm sure you'll find macOS much more accommodating to letting you use your computer how YOU want.
@godspeed2145
@godspeed2145 Жыл бұрын
Bill Gates wants mandatory vaccines, I don't doubt their malice
@DustinDustin00
@DustinDustin00 Жыл бұрын
I gotta wonder if this was Microsoft caving to the Linux crowd screaming "Windows takes up too much drive space!"
@virtual-adam
@virtual-adam Жыл бұрын
@@StaceyAyodele The Mac OS is nice, but the hardware is an anti-consumer nightmare.
@geoffreyvanpelt6147
@geoffreyvanpelt6147 Жыл бұрын
Great video! I would not be surprised if the disablement of those features is intended to encourage people to use a MS account on their PCs and more importantly, OneDrive backup subscriptions.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Good point!
@StaceyAyodele
@StaceyAyodele Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't surprise me. Maybe that's why they removed Windows File History too (not that it was ever good enough for my use case when I used to run Windows). I'll never understand why Microsoft never came out with an app like macOS's Time Machine to make easy system backups and file recovery. I left Windows behind, I've gotten a Mac. And my sanity has been much better. Microsoft needs to do better, but again, I doubt they will when they can get recurring revenue with OneDrive subscriptions.
@markp2085
@markp2085 Жыл бұрын
I recently purchased Microsoft Office instead of 365, and now subscribe to get 100 gigs of Onedrive space for $29 a year instead of paying $80 a year for 365. I got my office professional for $29. I don't let onedrive do any sort of auto backups. Right now I am only using 32 gigs. I use it strictly as a secondary backup for important files. I do have a task scheduled to backup my boot drive (C), and my program files drive (D) to run on the first Sunday of the month to an external drive. I have an 8-terabyte portable drive I use strictly for this purpose. I am a blogger, so I back up my system, website, images, business files, etc to that additional drive. I always keep several months worth of backups because, in my experience, backups will sometimes fail for various reasons. Just like my website. The database gets backed up twice a day and I keep 2 months' worth of backups of those. Imagery gets backed up once a week. Why do I do this? In case it gets hacked with ransomware. I can always go back to an older backup if I catch the problem within a 2-month time frame.
@blindtechworld
@blindtechworld Жыл бұрын
Yeah, they're really pushing us to use a Microsoft account. Recently, I was setting up a laptop And it requires an internet connection. Then, I have to turn on my phone's hotspot and connect to it to set it up.
@StaceyAyodele
@StaceyAyodele Жыл бұрын
@@blindtechworld Again, glad I went to Mac. It doesn't mandate an internet connection to setup your account. You just create a local account and skip iCloud setup if you don't want it. Apple gives you more control over your computer than Microsoft does. Might have issues on Right To Repair, but at least you control what you can and can't do with the software....unlike the BS Microsoft is pulling. macOS FTW!
@eafrancos
@eafrancos Жыл бұрын
Nice to have those features back, thank you! I had to connect a USB keyboard for F8 to work well.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's possible. It's rare but some wireless keyboards don't work in the BIOS or during post. My wireless mouse is completely worthless in the BIOS on my main system. I have to plug a USB mouse in to edit the BIOS. It's pretty annoying.
@aonodensetsu
@aonodensetsu Жыл бұрын
the Windows-made backup task does not seem to have a trigger, I added one to check if it works if fixed this way
@P-G-77
@P-G-77 Жыл бұрын
Very true... unfortunately. I've noticed a few things since the release of Windows 11, but then it seems even worse. Now the best thing to do is to... do it manually, maybe creating some timed scripts.
@Yinzzy656
@Yinzzy656 Жыл бұрын
Hey Rich, I just want to thank you. Im by no means a noob when it comes to Computers and Windows and any tech. I actually was thinking about contacting you to see if you had any advice regarding starting a business in computer repair. But anyway, your channel has been really helpful to me. So i just wanted to say thank you buddy. Youre a really good dude. 👍😀
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Glad my videos are helpful. I did a video a while back on starting a computer business. Here it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h529h3lsoZt1ick
@Obie327
@Obie327 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff CyberCPU Tech! Thanks for great tutorial video!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@darrelladdison76
@darrelladdison76 5 ай бұрын
@7:11,DWord 32 and all other options are greyed out..??..Windows 11
@machdaddy6451
@machdaddy6451 Жыл бұрын
I knew about everything, but adding that Task Sheduler entry. Thanks!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped.
@machdaddy6451
@machdaddy6451 Жыл бұрын
@@CyberCPU Indeed
@christopherp.8485
@christopherp.8485 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this. Nice for me to get back into this kind of stuff. Just subbed.
@godfist314
@godfist314 Жыл бұрын
I have found System restore to be unreliable as far as fixing problems after using restore points. Buying additional 1TB Nmve drives for clone backups is super cheap now. Cloning your boot drive is the most reliable way to "system restore" that i've found. There's no 100% foolproof method but that's the best one I've got. Obviously takes much longer than software based methods but that's what works the best for me :)
@shirkedance
@shirkedance Жыл бұрын
System restore is helpful only 10% times, But registry backup is helpful 40% of times And i also use Windows file backup , which is helpful 80% of times .. at least for me and my clients .
@SpaceCadet4Jesus
@SpaceCadet4Jesus Жыл бұрын
Agree, an image of the boot drive should have been saved. 15-20 minutes would save a whole lot of trouble. Some people just don't learn and apply.
@TheEvolvingAudioNut
@TheEvolvingAudioNut Жыл бұрын
Great information. Thanks. 👍 It appears that you forgot to put the various strings of text in the description for copy/paste.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Yes, sorry. I forgot. It's there now.
@perkrog8310
@perkrog8310 Жыл бұрын
I don't quite understand the connection with the folder "RegBack" and restore points? According to Microsoft, restore points are stored in the hidden system folder "System Volume Information"? When I go into "Recovery" the list of restore points is displayed correctly. In general, my PC does not automatically create restore points, even though I have followed your instructions 100%, and have double-checked several times. When I run the created job manually, files are saved in "RegBack", so I don't quite understand what's going wrong? So I think something is going wrong with the automation? Maybe I should check this part out again, again. 🤔🤔🤨🤨
@perkrog8310
@perkrog8310 Жыл бұрын
Now I am totally confused. Today there are new updated files in the "RegBack" folder, but no restore points appear in the "System Restore" overview with the date 07-04-2023.🤔🤨
@perkrog8310
@perkrog8310 Жыл бұрын
Latest update: A restore point was automatically created in the RegBack Folder on 10 April 2023, but this restore point cannot be seen in the restore function you open via the control panel. So you cannot restore the system files via this point, since it is not shown. I don't think the correct method is to save the restore points in the RegBack folder, but they should probably be saved in the hidden system file 'System volume', which Microsoft says they are saved in.
@markusTegelane
@markusTegelane Жыл бұрын
I had a problem where bcdedit was not recognized as a command. So, if you have the same issue, run this command: dir %windir% /b /s | findstr "bcdedit" This should list all paths where bcdedit exists. Just copy one with the .exe extensions (not .mui or .dl) to system32 with this command: copy "_Path of bcdedit.exe_" %windir%\System32 Then you should be able to use bcdedit like shown in the video.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
System32 should already be in your path. Glad you got it worked out, because that would have stopped many DOS commands from working.
@rsearchtim
@rsearchtim Жыл бұрын
Nice tip about the last known good as well as pointing out that you need to execute the scheduled task to get the reg backup started.
@Käptn_Wirrbart
@Käptn_Wirrbart Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your guides, sir. I've also experienced that the snapshots has been turned of. But instead the registry backup is still in place and working (Windows 11 Pro).
@chrispac6264
@chrispac6264 Жыл бұрын
There're a couple of mistakes. at 13:55 you say click dstring value 32 Bit when you mean dword 32 bit. Apart from that this is brilliant. Thanks... Also, at 7:18 you say EnablePeriodicBackups with an S following it i.e. the plural. Whereas the green text you have on the screen is EnablePeriodicBackup singular. The singular seems to be correct. I hate to put junk in my registry, so I used the singular .
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Good catch.
@aonodensetsu
@aonodensetsu Жыл бұрын
Windows 11 actually comes with System Restore enabled for the system disk, enabled it for my Home disk as well
@collinstanton
@collinstanton Ай бұрын
I really appreciate your excellent revelations... I've been having a mountain of problems with W11, and frankly, not finding more than one restore point the same day the system went down wasn't a comfort at all. This information you've shared, really hits an important repair solution. Thanks Big Time.🎸🎸😁😁☮☮
@machdaddy6451
@machdaddy6451 Жыл бұрын
This procedure has allowed me to fix so many computers that wouldn't boot.
@RubiconRebel1804
@RubiconRebel1804 Жыл бұрын
I can so relate to this issue, as I have been fighting with my laptop for the last three days, so thank you so much for guiding me through the fixes I needed to get my files back and working properly.
@Tech-geeky
@Tech-geeky Жыл бұрын
As much as i hate the registry,, a massive blob of gunk.. MS will never kill it, because it would break compatibility too much, even those they have moves to self-contained apps, they must keep the registry for legacy reasons..but on the other hand if you know what your looking for, you can tweak to your harts content. Unfortunately that is not 90% of users because all we wanna do get "get our work done" .. With Microsoft making things harder and harder they force people to edit registry now just to to basic things that was once, a click of a mouse button. Thankfully, Microsoft doesn't hide it. They encourage it on their website, but a "warning" where as Apple just shakes their head.. and we all just follow like sheep.
@r1robins
@r1robins Жыл бұрын
Not sure why this did not work for me on my Win 11 home went threw the steps and video several times still no reg backup files in the RegBack folder. Tried manual backup of reg several times says it ran even with time stamp saying so but no files listed in the folder.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Check to make sure the keys you created are exactly like mine.
@r1robins
@r1robins Жыл бұрын
​@@CyberCPU Yes copied and pasted
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
@@r1robins That's bizarre. I would recommend deleting the keys and starting over and follow the video really closely.
@r1robins
@r1robins Жыл бұрын
@@CyberCPU Even though they were a copy and pasted from yours deleting the the keys and redoing them worked this time thx for your advice and help.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
@@r1robins glad you got it figured out.
@CesarPeron
@CesarPeron Жыл бұрын
The Apply button applies the changes to the settings that have been made, but does not close the dialog box. The OK button also applies the changes to the settings, but in addition closes the dialog box. Apply is useful only if you are trying out different settings and don't want to have to keep re-opening the dialog box.
@theultramage
@theultramage Жыл бұрын
I made this discovery not too long ago. Sysinternals Autoruns wiped out the whole printer registry when I tried removing a nonexistent print monitor, and I suddenly had the need to mount a backup copy of Config/SOFTWARE. It was then that I realized that all PCs have stopped making registry backups, and have also stopped making restore points. I resorted to transplanting the keys from another pc, but damn. What freaked me out the most was the disabled System Restore, as I was relying on it being on for a bunch of other stuff, such a restoring previous versions of files.
@BStott
@BStott Жыл бұрын
WoW! I just found my mysteriously used ~40GB of used up diskspace. Thank You! I am so thankful I found your video. When, I did tech stuff decades ago. I fully relied on Restore Points and restoring the Registry. And was annoyed that we were ALL - Microsofted. I wish I found your video about two days and then, 15 hours ago. I've been running out of disk space and couldn't find the reason. Nothing online tells about the restore points gobbling up tens of Gigs of disk space. No one pointed to restore points. And I'd been bent over and Microsofted into a stupor. I'd thought the restore points had been removed. Because, I'd needed one about a year ago. Now, memory returns and I had turned them on via registry - then. So, I'd given them about 3%, which equated to the ~40GB of mysteriously lost disk space. With MS tools I couldn't see what was using this lost disk space. It isn't shown anywhere. But, you and this video allowed me to find the settings - to see where ALL my mysterious Disk Real Estate had gone and I have now downsized the percent of disk space used. So, I get back about 20GB. THANKS!!!
@Mark-bn7lk
@Mark-bn7lk Жыл бұрын
Rich, Thank you for posting this detailed and insightful video. I tried the registry backup procedure on Windows 11 and got it to work although the menu selections are slightly different than what you detailed in Windows 10. Now my Reg Back folder is populated with files with various amounts of kilobits in them. The question I have now is how can we use this backup. Could you make a video showing how and under what circumstances we can make use of the Reg Back folder? Thanks for your hard work on these videos. They are a great service to many people out there.
@Sonny_Eclipse
@Sonny_Eclipse 25 күн бұрын
Problem: on win 10 I performed step one and enabled REG BACKUP. However, after rebooting, my windows/system32/config/regback folder is empty. I rechecked and the “ perform. Periodic back up” is set to 1
@geraldpaglucio4384
@geraldpaglucio4384 Жыл бұрын
I have been using Macrium Reflect to make a disk image of my computer. Over the years it has save me time and time again. No need for registry backups. Whenever I make any changes to my pc, which is often, I run a series of checks to make sure everything is ok - then I made a disk image. If I have any problem, like unable to boot into windows, I am able to use the startup menu which has the Macrium option, or a USB stick with the Macrium recovery on it. I can restore a 60GB system in about 5 minutes. I have used it scores of times and never had a problem restoring my pc.
@mhoffman30
@mhoffman30 Жыл бұрын
I use this program as well and it works great! I do a full backup image every two weeks and then an incremental backup every say set up automatically. The best part about it is that it gives you a Macrium rescue option on boot instead of going into booting windows. I don't trust Microsoft to backup anything properly in a way that it can actually be restored and working and I don't know that I ever will. I test my Macrium backups on a regular basis and they always work and usually take less then 10 mins to finish
@madmax2010ok
@madmax2010ok Жыл бұрын
Great tip. Unfortunately I had a non-recoverable situation when it seemed my Win10 system locked up and after I hit my reset switch...no more booting and system recovery did not work. So I have to re-install windows and re-install all the apps. At least all the files were still in my User directory. I do hate windows some times.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Make sure it wasn't hardware failure. Check the smart data on your hard drive.
@robertthrift5016
@robertthrift5016 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. Glary Utilities has an easy-to-use registry backup and restore tool for the less technically minded, but it isn't automated.
@clintongryke6887
@clintongryke6887 Жыл бұрын
Really cool, well described and useful. Thank you so much!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped.
@digitalplayland
@digitalplayland Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Liked, saved, shared. Cheers!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped.
@WilliamImSpecialized
@WilliamImSpecialized Жыл бұрын
I dont have the function of Pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete could you make a video of putting it back in on windows 10.Thanks
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Not sure what you're referring to. Do you mean making people hit cont alt delete before they log in?
@paulm5935
@paulm5935 Жыл бұрын
Is there any way to setup the triggers on automatic registry backup to be lockstepped with whenever a restore point is created?
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
When you make a restore point it backs up the registry already itself in another way. Unfortunately you can't access that backup without restoring the restore point.
@HayzerX
@HayzerX Жыл бұрын
Really nice tips, thank you!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@toad1771ify
@toad1771ify Жыл бұрын
Nice. Hey I noticed in the video that the task that has to be manually ran to get the registry backup had no trigger so perhaps that's why it didn't run on its own...
@toad1771ify
@toad1771ify Жыл бұрын
If you have no permissions to add a trigger directly to the regidlebackup task then download power run from sordum which allows you to run scheduler as trusted installer or anything else for that matter
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
No, that's not it. The task itself is broken. I tried all that. Spent like 2 hours trying to get it to work. The only solution was calling it from another task like I show in the video.
@edalecu
@edalecu 9 ай бұрын
@@CyberCPU Hi! I also noticed there is no trigger set for the regidlebackup task and I've tried this way, but it still doesn't work on W11 23H2. So the only way to run it is either manually or called by another scheduled task, as you showed in the video. Thanks a lot for this tip! This makes me less worried in case of a registry corruption, as I have a way of restoring it.
@DXMage
@DXMage Жыл бұрын
Many times when I redo a system I have found when there is an NVMe drive or a SATA SSD that frequently system restore isn't on. Sometiems it is on but I haven't figured out why sometimes it is or isn't on.
@machiavelli3839
@machiavelli3839 Жыл бұрын
That was an awesome video dude with some really cool hacks, restoring some occasional, essential windows features...thanks a lot bruv!
@K9PT
@K9PT Жыл бұрын
I think that in W11 dont work the Reg backup, try but my paste in RegBack dont show any files.
@US_Joe
@US_Joe Жыл бұрын
Great stuff - U Da Man ! Thanx for this👍👍👍
@wolphin732
@wolphin732 Жыл бұрын
Safemode is easier to get to... hold shift when clicking the restart option... and you can select for it to reboot into safemode or even the bios right from that menu which comes up. No need to hammer keys
@douglasbennett1768
@douglasbennett1768 Жыл бұрын
I think the reason he's doing this is that one of the options in the legacy safe mode is the "Last Known Good Configuration" option. That's missing from the current safe mode since MS disabled it.
@Mario583a
@Mario583a Жыл бұрын
@@douglasbennett1768 To be fair, it's physically impossible for Windows to be so broken what whatever went awry to even use the last known good config option.
@douglasbennett1768
@douglasbennett1768 Жыл бұрын
@@Mario583a I've had instances where Windows wouldn't boot and Last Known Good worked to get me back in, but YMMV.
@Anon1370
@Anon1370 Жыл бұрын
@@douglasbennett1768 i've had this too on older windows where that was the only option what worked so i've set it back up on windows 11
@CesarPeron
@CesarPeron Жыл бұрын
That option is more cumbersome and not useful if you can not start the system...
@w.obrien8044
@w.obrien8044 Жыл бұрын
Many Thanks for a very informative and easy to follow tutorial. I haven't updated the F8 feature yet, but the registary backup is working fine. Thanks again.
@peewee3ie
@peewee3ie Жыл бұрын
Love this one. I also have stopped auto windows updates as I often leave my pc on over night to render videos so it save time in the day time for me. I did it once and windows restarted the pc no mater what it was doing to install updates
@stevesummerlin2604
@stevesummerlin2604 Жыл бұрын
Great find. Thanks. I added to all of my systems.
@mda5003
@mda5003 Жыл бұрын
I have actually just installed both Windows 10 and 11 (both are 22H2) on the same computer as a dual boot and both had System Restore turned on by default - I just had to set a percentage for the amount of space I wanted to reserve.
@krosos6969
@krosos6969 Жыл бұрын
I have Windows 11 and when I try to create new trigger and set it up I don't have the option of Windows 11 only 10. Will 10 work for 11?
@Blitterbug
@Blitterbug Жыл бұрын
On all the mechanical drive systems I've performed fresh Win10/Win11 installs, System Restore is enabled by default. It appears to only be disabled by default on SSDs which makes sense, as many cheaper all-in-ones have tiny SSDs and SR takes GBs from your drive over time.
@michaeljavert4635
@michaeljavert4635 Жыл бұрын
I noticed this every time I ran into a problem with Windows 10. Despite all System Restores, none of them actually worked unless I went into safe mode. Then Microsoft made that harder to get into Apparently they decided that pressing F8 while the computer was booting just made it too easy. Then if your computer didn't start up to begin with, you couldn't get to the option to reboot in safe mode and I don't even see that anymore. When I rise to power, all this mishigas will end and Windows will be the BEST OS. And the versions will be Windows (Current Year) None of this weird H1N1 malarkey that sound like flu strains. The only things Microsoft consistently does is bloating their operating system, bombarding users that don't know better with ads, and making simple things difficult and spying on their customers. Ah, I made this comment before I got to your "Bonus" I will try that. Awesome !
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
There's an alternative trick to get into safe mode without F8 enabled. When the system is booting hold down the power button to kill the system 3 times. This will force Windows 10 into recovery mode and from there you can go to advanced startup and then choose safe mode from the menu.
@michaeljavert4635
@michaeljavert4635 Жыл бұрын
@@CyberCPU Thank you.
@IlSqueak
@IlSqueak Жыл бұрын
I'd never heard of mishigas before. Delighted to find it was a real word and overjoyed to find out it meant just what I thought it should. It has now entered my vocabulary as my new favourite word
@gregorskiff
@gregorskiff Жыл бұрын
How do you fix the MMC snap in error when you try to open scheduler? I found a few reg tweaks but those did not work.
@markvandesande8855
@markvandesande8855 Жыл бұрын
The F8 menu thing at the end is not working in windows 11 home does not work 😢
@fusionbim
@fusionbim Жыл бұрын
Fred Klett would say "BRILLIANT!" 🙌 this series is helping me set up the new Windows 11 install on a solid, thanks Rich.
@nikolatesla169
@nikolatesla169 Жыл бұрын
As an experienced professional technician how do you know when to restore the registry or the system files (SFC)?? Or you just don't know and do try and error like throwing commands and see what happens
@lucian.x
@lucian.x Жыл бұрын
Ran into this year's ago, and tried to tell others, but got the cold shoulder in the idea, in which caused me major problems years ago
@cholohd32
@cholohd32 Жыл бұрын
I had a really obscure registry bug that plagued me for a whole month untill i found a manual edit solution. One of my early access games crashed & windows along with it. Upon bootup there somehow had become a near 2 second long delay of audio playback. Not that audio was out of sync but it was annoying not having any audio the first 2 seconds of a YT video for example. Had to manually mess around inside Realtek regedit setting to fix it because Window "repair" did nothing. Dont get me wrong i know its a "self inflicted" playing "test" state alpha, beta & early access software, but it also speaks volumes about how huge & unstable windows has become to the point where its simply easier to do a complete fresh reinstall than trying to troubleshoot.
@wolphin732
@wolphin732 Жыл бұрын
That task on my machine... had no triggers... it seemed it could just have automated triggers added to it to get it to run.
@edalecu
@edalecu 9 ай бұрын
still not working on W11 23H2, unfortunately
@Runehorn
@Runehorn Жыл бұрын
super helpful and super informative, luckly i did not come here looking to solve a problem, hopefully i will have an easier time fixing problems in the future with these fixes
@DavidGoben
@DavidGoben 17 күн бұрын
Great video, though I noticed that you called "EnablePeriodicBackup" as "EnablePeriodicBackupS". I would get trapped by this back when I did telephone customer support for a CAD/CAM company in the late '90s, because the customer would type in what I said, not what I meant. 🙂
@asecret900
@asecret900 Жыл бұрын
Nice 1 mate. FYI - interestingly, of the 4 x Win11 machines I created the schtasks in this morning, only 2 of them gave an 'argument' warning... The other 2 just accepted the string happily.
@bbo1779
@bbo1779 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Thanks for sharing these tips!
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@minsin21
@minsin21 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, i just have not actually needed any of these in years but if i do at some point this would be a nasty suprise
@gcmanuel85x
@gcmanuel85x Жыл бұрын
This is why i store my important files on different drive than OS. Once a year clean OS installation by default, sometimes there can be issues you dont notice.
@murphybrown32216
@murphybrown32216 Жыл бұрын
is there a regedit fix for being stuck in selective mode in msconfig. I have 2 computers, 1 just reloaded, both stuck.
@tenrozzero
@tenrozzero Жыл бұрын
since I have rollback rx enabled...if I make f-8 enabled will it cause booting of my windows 11 problems????
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
I have no idea. Not even sure what rollback rx is.
@meredithannhansen2148
@meredithannhansen2148 Жыл бұрын
omg i had backup on. still comes back empty. and /f parameter mot spacific ! help
@irving.t
@irving.t Жыл бұрын
Hi, great video, thank you. I never use windows restore, i use more Macrium Ref****** for backups. Greetings from France.
@terryeyeguy
@terryeyeguy Жыл бұрын
You are UNBELIEVABLY FANTASTIC! I like the fact that you dummy it down for people like me that only know enough to be dangerous. THANK YOU!!
@roberthoward113
@roberthoward113 Жыл бұрын
bcdedit /Set {Current} BootMenuPolicy Legacy Error occurred the system cannot find the file specified is it because my BIOS is UEFI/secure boot and not Legacy
@davidhary2646
@davidhary2646 8 ай бұрын
@CyberCPU, thank you for the videos. On top of the valuable material, I like your engaging presentation and sense of humor. Question: how does the BackupCount setting work? I set it at 2 and am wondering where these two go. Question/Request: I like viewing the videos on my Pixel 8 Pro. As large as it is, deciphering the text is often hard. Would it make sense to Scale the display a bit?
@johnwatson8379
@johnwatson8379 Жыл бұрын
My System32\config\RegBac folder is still empty after following these steps to the letter. Why is this? I'm running Win 11 Pro 22H2 build 22621.1413. Should I use 64-bit registry entries instead of 32-bit ones for this to work.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I didn't test this on Windows 11. It's possible that it doesn't work or there might be more steps required. I'll have to play with it and check. No, you definitely want to use 32bit dword values. Does it work if you manually run the reg backup task?
@johnwatson8379
@johnwatson8379 Жыл бұрын
I'm running it now. The task still says it's running. I'll check the folder when it's done running.
@johnwatson8379
@johnwatson8379 Жыл бұрын
The F8 trick worked great! 🙂
@johnwatson8379
@johnwatson8379 Жыл бұрын
No, it's still empty.
@johnwatson8379
@johnwatson8379 Жыл бұрын
Let me know when you test this on Windows 11. Or maybe do a video of it. Thanks for the quick response.
@frankshailes3205
@frankshailes3205 9 ай бұрын
I used Windows 11 and followed exactly the steps up until 08.10 in the video, but on restarting there were not files in the RegBack folder, not even 0 Kb ones...
@brianh.4185
@brianh.4185 Жыл бұрын
You set BackupCount to two. After running RegIdleBackup then the new task you created, why didn’t you have two copies of the registry files in your folder?
@Tripillian
@Tripillian Жыл бұрын
It's seldom that I log into youtube (don't judge me) to offer comments, but your videos have been extremely helpful in setting up my Win11 PC so I can recover in the future. My PC got stuck in a boot-loop after a MS update hosed everything up. My PC (MSI Gaming PC) is only 4 months old and there was no way to recover it - it wouldn't even boot into Safe Mode. I used my backup Win7 PC to search for answers, but nothing worked. No restore point or Reg backup, no disk drive and Media Creation Tool failed on Win7. The restore function did get me back up and saved my personal files, but I had to start from the beginning with everything else. I think I went a little too aggressive in deleting things after recovery because my PC stopped rebooting altogether at one point. Safe Mode worked this time and I was able to recover certain things, but "sfc" and "dism" from another video of yours did not find any issues (go figure). I have watched several of your videos and I'm taking a more practical approach to setting up my PC as a result. Backing up only personal data is no longer my preference. Much THANKS to you and your videos and keep them coming!!!
@COH2000
@COH2000 10 ай бұрын
When setting up the new task called ‘AutoRegBackup” The pulldown window to select operating system does not have ‘Windows 11’. Can I select Windows 10 instead?
@dhansel4835
@dhansel4835 Жыл бұрын
I have seen in some Windows 10 installs that the Restore Point feature has been disabled. The first thing I do is to first go into restore point (Make a desktop shortcut) and see if it is turned on. I will set it to about 6% or 18 gig's. I wish the old program called "Go Back" used in Windows 5 was still available.
@SlyDive700
@SlyDive700 Жыл бұрын
I tried the F8 regedit when i changed it, forgetting my Bios uses F8 for Boot option in the bios. Dam it
@markusTegelane
@markusTegelane Жыл бұрын
Run this command as admin: bcdedit /timeout Replace with the number of seconds you want Windows to display the boot menu before booting into your installation. This way, if you press Up on your keyboard, the timer will stop and you can press F8 to enter advanced boot options.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Yes, my system has the same issue. You have to time the F8 menu just right. It took me 3 tries in the video to get it. 😂🤣
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Great advice.
@dkyrtata6688
@dkyrtata6688 4 ай бұрын
Now that we have the registry backup files, how do we use them to restore the registry?
@kenshyura
@kenshyura Жыл бұрын
As a computer tech, you've saved my ass- sorry, my day.
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Glad it's helpful.
@imageman52
@imageman52 26 күн бұрын
Thx for trying to help, but I think my regidlebackup settings in task schedulaer are incorrect, preventing it from working. Can you tell us what the entries should be in task scheduler for regidlebackup (Win 11): The Triggers/Actions/Conditions/Settings tabs? Thanks.
@DVRproductions52
@DVRproductions52 11 ай бұрын
What's the best method to restore those backup files that were created here?
@linuxgurugamer
@linuxgurugamer Жыл бұрын
I've never needed this, but nice to know, thanks
@leocatz
@leocatz Жыл бұрын
I just went through the same experience. And found the same problem, no registry backup and no system restore. Ended up having to do the same, clean install and a lot of PITA. Having seen this video beforehand would have saved me hours. With copious amounts of storage being so affordable, it's ridiculous to be "saving" a few MB of storage at the cost being able to easily restore to the last stable settings. At the very least they should make it a user option to use more storage for registry backup with just a few clicks in a setup menu.
@StefanLypka
@StefanLypka Жыл бұрын
After that last tweak, when I pressed F8 I just got the boot priority order but m Not the safe mode. I'm using a recent win 10 install on an old 2009 Asus rampage 2 extreme. It' probably is a bios tweak that I'm not aware of, or unupdartable bios that is causing this issue. I think your videos are brilliant and entertaining btw!
@tubeDude48
@tubeDude48 Жыл бұрын
In Task Scheduler where you create the task, there is NO 'configure for' option to choose Win 11 ! --- F8 option does not work on windoz 11 !!
@jeanaudette9487
@jeanaudette9487 Жыл бұрын
Your genius, tx a lot. It will help me a lot in the future 🤩👍
@CyberCPU
@CyberCPU Жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@joek4828
@joek4828 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for these info, but the Last Known Good Config never been disabled rather than MS changed how you access it. hold down the left Shift key on your keyboard while you clicking on the restart button from the start menu. that will boot you into a recovery mode, where you can do advanced troubleshoot and choose advanced startup option. that will boot you into the recovery menu options where you have safe mode or last know good configuration. and let's say you don't have access to windows from the start and need that menu, simply force shutdown the pc during the boot up to get to the repair startup, skip that to the advanced recovery menu and you get access to the same page. Thanks
@user-qb7qs5el4w
@user-qb7qs5el4w Жыл бұрын
I'm a new subscriber. I just found you by chance looking up "I don't want a Microsoft account for 11" but have a problem. I was following a video about system restore. When you open it's tiny and hard to read. I have made adjustments to the size of screen and text but does not solve this and similar problems like it. Is there a fix for this? Love what's happening on your channel!!!!
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