Windows 11 Build 26100.7918 and 26200.7918 (KB5077241) adds Emoji 16, improved backup restore, and Quick Machine Recovery ...

System Restore is a long-standing feature on Windows 11. Its purpose is to create snapshots of the computer's current working state and save them as "restore points" when specific events are triggered ...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 creates System Restore points, that is, snapshots of your PC’s system files, settings and registry. But those points expire and are automatically deleted after 60 days, ...

Point-in-time restore brings Windows back to a previous state. Cloud rebuild reinstalls Windows from the cloud. Both will be accessible through Microsoft Intune in early 2026. Have you ever ...

Your Windows PC has a backup tool that's secretly useful - here's what it can do ...

Some Windows users, when they try to perform System Restore on their Windows 11/10 device, might encounter the error code 0x8007045b. This post offers the most ...

Resetting Windows Backup to default means restoring the backup settings and configurations to their original state, as they were when Windows was originally installed on a device. To perform a reset ...

Microsoft has changed how Windows 11 manages System Restore points after its June 2025 security update. The update, KB5060842, says that starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, System Restore points ...

For a number of years Microsoft Windows has had a nice feature for recovering from something "bad" using system restore points. These system snapshots can be configured to happen automatically.

If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.