For example we know that Norton and Kapersky and maybe other protection software blocks this.
The problem is that many folk don't know what they protected their system with or there's some other issue. Telling the full story can help avoid a re-install.
Can you share why you need System Restore to work today?
Bob
System restore does not complete its task and says" it cannot complete task" but does not give a reason. Is there some way to repair this part of Windows without reinstalling system?

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