How to install XP restore point

[Reverend]

Do you have the System Restore tab in your System Properties?
Right click My Computer > Properties. On the System Restore tab make sure
"Turn Off System Restore on all Drives" is unchecked.

Have you checked the registry to see if you have the disable/enable option.
Go to Run and type in regedit. Hit enter.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore

Look for an entry in the right hand pane called DisableSR. If it is there set the value to 0 (double click it to edit the value).

If it is not there go to Edit > New > DWORD Value and name it DisableSR give it a value of 0.

Close the Registry Editor. You may need to reboot for the changes to take effect.

[4hire]

No - System Restore tab in your System Properties.
Can not do this as the tab is not present - Right click My Computer > Properties. On the System Restore tab make sure
"Turn Off System Restore on all Drives" is unchecked.

Yes I checked the registry to see if I have the disable/enable option.
and I do not have this in the registry.

I will try the suggestion below as I've not done this yet.
If it is not there go to Edit > New > DWORD Value and name it DisableSR give it a value of 0.

Close the Registry Editor. You may need to reboot for the changes to take effect.
I'll keep you posted...thanks

[4hire]

Problem still exists

I don't know what else to do or try.....any suggestions welcome

I'm going to wait a couple of days to see if any suggestions come in; and then I'm going to throw in the towel and reformat and reload the system.