sure to take this into consideration when making this setting. Apply your settings and System Restore will start using them immediately. Creating System Restore Points As mentioned above, previous versions are captured as part of a System Restore Point. Restore points are created automatically by Windows whenever certain installations are done and also, according to Microsoft documentation, once a day (although my observations do not support this). However, if you want to take complete control over when restore points are taken, you can create them yourself either manually or via a scheduled task. Manually Creating a Restore Point To create a System Restore Point manually, in the System Protection tab in the System Properties dialog, simply select the respective drive and click the Create button. Give the new restore point a name and click Create. Automating the System Restore Point Creation If this function is something which you intend to use heavily or simply want some additional insurance against accidental file overwrites and deletes, creating a Scheduled Task to force the creation of a System Restore Point is the way to go. While there is not a simple command you can run to create a restore point, we have provided a VBScript file which allows you to automate the process of creating a restore point. You can download this script at the end of the article. Create a new Scheduled Task which runs as an administrator on the respective machine. Make sure you have the Run with highest privileges box