What, no Registry backups?

I recently read an article on WindowsReport. com that claims Windows 10 no longer stores Registry backups by default. The article claimed that “[Users] still think that System Restore is backing up their system on a regular basis. In fact, no backup files are stored on your system

even though it says, ‘The operation completed successfully’.” Is this true? JACK COUPER

The author of the article has mistakenly conflated the fact Windows 10 switches off System Restore after every major update with a Knowledgebase article admitting that, “The system registry is no longer backed up to the RegBack folder starting with Windows 10 version 1803”. This latter article (see https://support.

microsoft.com/kb/4509719 for details and remedial action to take if you’re personally affected) referred to an obscure scheduled task that used to run automatically at startup to create backup copies of the Registry files. Experienced system users could use these backups to repair Windows when it wouldn’t boot and System Restore points failed. For the average user, this is not a major issue – many people won’t even have the scheduled task set up or running, and a better way to protect your system is with a drive-imaging tool such as Macrium Reflect Free ( www.macrium.com/ reflectfree.aspx).

More importantly, you should type ‘system restore’ into the Search box and click ‘Create a restore point’. If System Restore is off on all your drives, select your system drive, click Configure and choose ‘Turn on system protection’ to rectify the problem – until the next major Windows update of course. NICK PEERS