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-------Enable Windows 10 Sandbox with PowerShell and Dism-------- If you are using a physical machine, ensure virtualization capabilities are enabled in the BIOS. If you are using a virtual machine, enable nested virtualization with this PowerShell cmdlet: Set-VMProcessor -VMName -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true To Enable Windows 10 Sandbox with PowerShell : Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName "Containers-DisposableClientVM" -All -Online Enable Windows 10 Sandbox with Dism : Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:"Containers-DisposableClientVM" -All -------------------------------------------------------------------Restore Point ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Create System Restore Point with CMD or PowerShell wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "MyRestorePoint", 100, 7 With PowerShell run as administrator: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -Command "Checkpoint-Computer -Description "MyRestorePoint" -RestorePointType "MODIFY_SETTINGS"" Get-ComputerRestorePoint Start System Restore -> rstrui To create a restore point in Windows 10 with PowerShell, you need to do the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Checkpoint-Computer -Description "RestorePoint1" -RestorePointType "MODIFY_SETTINGS" Right click on the Desktop and select the command "New -> Shortcut" from the context menu. In the shortcut target, type or copy-paste the following text: powershell -Command "Start-Process powershell.exe -ArgumentList '-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -Command \`"Checkpoint-Computer -Description \"RestorePoint1\" -RestorePointType \"MODIFY_SETTINGS\"\`"' -Verb RunAs" Type on windows + R : SystemPropertiesProtection Turn on System Protection: PS C:\> Enable-ComputerRestore -Drive "C:\" Create a Windows restore point using PowerShell: Checkpoint-Computer -Description "" -RestorePointType "MODIFY_SETTINGS" System restore showing message "System restore could not start" Method 1: -------- Restart Volume Shadow Copy service and check if the issue persists, follow these steps: a. Click Start, type “services.msc” (without quotes) and press Enter. b. Locate and right-click "Volume Shadow Copy" service. c. Right-click the Volume Shadow Copy service, and then click Stop. d. Right-click the Volume Shadow Copy service, and then click Start. Note: if you restart Volume shadow services all restore points will be deleted. Method 2: ------- Follow the steps in the link: “Turn System Restore on or off” http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-System-Restore-on-or-off Method 3: ------- If the above step fails run System File Checker tool and check for missing or corrupted files. Follow the steps in the link: “How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7” http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833 Method 4: ---------- If the issue still occurs, restart computer in clean boot and check if any third party application is causing issue. Follow “step 1” in the link to enable to clean boot: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 Follow step 7 from the article to “Reset the computer to start as usual”, after performing the clean boot troubleshooting. You also check the event viewer to check for any errors. Follow the steps in the link: “What information appears in event logs? (Event Viewer)” http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer Restore point in Server : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/ad-forest-recovery-backing-up-a-full-server