If your computer is off for more than 24 hours, System Restore will create a checkpoint the next time you turn in on. Every 10 hours that your computer is on. System Restore automatically creates these checkpoints System Restore creates regular scheduled checkpoints even if you have not make any changes to the system. If System Restore has to remove all old checkpoints to make room for new changes, then a new system checkpoint will be created, and normal checkpoint creation will resume from that point. xls, etc) and all files in the My Documents folder will not be restored. Any files with well known file extensions (such as. Selecting this point will revert Windows and programs to the state they were in at that time. This checkpoint is created the first time your computer is started after upgrading to Windows Millennium Edition or when first starting a new Millennium-preinstalled machine.
The followings show kinds of restore points and how each restore point is working in System Restore. Kinds of restore points in System Restore on Windows Me
