If a computer’s “System Restore” utility is not enabled and there is no way to enable it in “System Properties,” it may have originally been disabled in “Group Policy.” This was a largely utilized setting in the early days of Windows XP. This is no longer a recommended method for disabling “System Restore,” but many older systems were manipulated this way. Even someone who originally disabled “System Restore” in “Group Policy” might have trouble enabling it again as the steps are not simply a reverse of disabling the utility. Writer Bio
