Comments on: How to install/Enable System restore on Win server 2003

By: Harper

Harper — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:08:20 +0000

For those of you having problems on x64 machines, you need to use the x64 version of XP and point to the amd64 directory for your files. Works great for me on x64 using solution 1!

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:49 +0000

Followed Option1 and it worked. Thank you for posting the solution. Great help.

By: sreejith

sreejith — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:10:41 +0000

hi Amir,

i have the same problem regarding the System restore in windows 2003 R2 64bit.
it says “Error loading srclient.dll
%1 is not a valid Win32 application.”
right now i have seen your comment,
so if your problem solved,
please let me know how to resolve.

with great expectation of positive response……

thanks..

By: Amir

Amir — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:17:36 +0000

.. additionally, the system restore service cannot be started and the System Restore UI doesn’t find SRRSTR.dll. I assume these have to do with my system being x64.

By: Amir

Amir — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:52:00 +0000

Hi,
I’ve followed your instructions to the letter. When I boot, I get the following dialog box (RUNDLL):
Error loading srclient.dll
%1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I also get this when I run “rundll32 srclient.dll,CreateFirstRunRp” in the Run box. I’m running Win2k3 R2 server 64-bit.

Any ideas? I’ve checked the registry, everything seems to be intact. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

By: Usman Ahmed

Usman Ahmed — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:56:39 +0000

How do make side by side installation of XP in sever 2003

By: Sunith

Sunith — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:39:39 +0000

Hi Surya,

did u get ur idea to work?

u didnt have system restore enabled, so u installed it & restored it to a previous point beyond the system restore installation point?

please tell me how?

By: Art

Art — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:37:31 +0000

Would system restore work on a dual drive RAID 1 configured server as well?

By: Wisnu Wiyantoro

Wisnu Wiyantoro — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:48:28 +0000

Thank you,…its work..

By: surya

surya — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:04:40 +0000

Hi,

I have a Win 2003 box and due to some reason I want to restore it to a previous day’s state.
But it seems System Restore was not enabled on it till now. Is it possible by any chance to enable System Restore now and restore the System to a previoud date ?
By any chance does the OS store a restore point even if restore is not enabled ?

Thanks
Surya