System Restore is a Microsoft Windows utility designed to protect and revert the operating system (OS) to a previous state. This state is known as a restore point. The utility is useful when there is ...

System Restore is a lifesaver when things go wrong on your Windows 11/10 PC, but Windows only creates restore points once every 24 hours by default. It also creates a new System Restore point when an ...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 creates System Restore points, that is, snapshots of your PC’s system files, settings and registry. But those points expire and are automatically deleted after 60 days, ...

This tutorial demonstrates how to perform a Point-in-Time restore on a Windows 11 PC. It’s a new feature in Windows 11 that introduces a modern approach to restoring your PC to the exact state it was ...

Windows 11 users will need to keep a close eye on their operating system’s restore points if they want to be able to recover their PC after a major outage, Windows Latest reports. With the June update ...

Learn how to factory reset Windows 11 or Windows 10, keep your files, wipe a laptop for sale, and recover a PC that won’t ...

Microsoft announced two new Windows 11 recovery features today at the Ignite developer conference, called Cloud Rebuild and Point-in-Time Restore (PITR), that aim to reduce downtime and make it easier ...

Microsoft has changed how Windows 11 manages System Restore points after its June 2025 security update. The update, KB5060842, says that starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, System Restore points ...

Windows 11 point-in-time restore enables faster recovery from updates, drivers and corruption. Restore points include apps, settings and local files, with strict retention policies. Windows 11 26H2 ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...