Windows 10: System Restore did not complete sucessfully

Networking suddenly quit on my HP Win 10 laptop. Worked fine then the next morning it didn't. Connects to the wi-fi, logs in ok, but tells me it cannot access the internet. My Win 7 machine still connects to the internet as does my Android phone so I suspect the LAN is ok. After much network putzing around...


I decided to do a System Restore back to before the last Microsoft update. After an hour of the disk rattling around I get the message:


"System Restore did not complete successfully... System Restore could not access a file. Probably because an anti-virus programming is running... An unspecified error occurred during System Restore (0x80070005)"


So I disable the virus scanner, let it run another hour and get the same message. It would really be helpful if it told me what file so I could investigate.


So I tried restoring to an even earlier date. Same result. What good is System Restore if it won't ... restore?


Is there anything else I should try before doing an entire reinstall?


(I see a bunch of posts about maybe this error number is caused by insufficient permissions in some unknown user file. No clue how to fix that. Is there any way to tell Win 10 the whole $#@* machine has admin level permissions? Set it to Win98 level security while it does the System Recovery? It's a constant irritation that Microsoft tells me I cannot change something on my own computer.)


Thanks.

:)

 

System restore will not complete

Hi, what exactly do you believe you've done? Clearing the cache should have no consequences, and is sometimes a fault-finding step. How did you do that?

Or do you mean you deleted a folder?

However

- this suggests something more serious is wrong. Could you post the exact message?

If you don't have a disk image you can restore (we constantly urge users to use disk imaging e.g. Macrium Reflect (free)) then try from an admin command prompt
SFC /SCANNOW
which might restore the missing file, depending on what it is.

Post back the result.

If it is successful, try System Restore again.

 

Failed to complete System Restore

Hello Passegua,

The error code 0x80070005 may indicate a few things that are causing System Restore Failure. It could be corrupted system files, conflict with other programs such as Anti-virus protection, and etc. As a first troubleshooting step, we suggest
that you perform System restore in Safe Mode. Kindly refer to this link for more information and steps.

Another step that I can suggest is Clean Boot, if the above step fails.

Let us know the outcome.

 

System Restore did not complete successfully.


I have somewhat the same problem, except that my AV is Windows Defender.
I have a program that will not run and their support system suggested a restore point. However, when I tried to use an existing restore point, after it finished, I received an error message stating that System restore did not complete because an AV program was probably running. I turned off Windows Defender and tried another System restore, only to receive the same error message. Any suggestions?