Cannot enable system restore

[DavidR]

You're welcome.

[Lisandro]

Thank you everyone for helping

You're welcome. Don't forget the other steps to be sure your computer is clean

[Macintosh]

My problem is still not solved when I click on system restore from system tools I get the error message system restore is not able to protect your computer please restart your computer and then run system restore again but when I click on my computer>Properties it still shows system restore is monitoring all drives Is there a way of solving this problem I am thinking of formatting my computer 

[DavidR]

If you haven't rebooted after enabling system restore then it isn't available despite the monitoring status.

You may also have to create a clean restore point, assuming your system is clean.

Create Clean Restore Point - Clear old Restore Points.

Now you are clear of infection create a clean System Restore point:
1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System tools, System Restore.
2. In the pop-up that appears fill in the radio button to Create a Restore Point
3. Click NEXT
4. Enter a useful name that you will remember if you need to find this again (Clean Restore Point)
5. Click CREATE

You now have a clean restore point, you should clear the old ones:
1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System tools, Disk Clean Up
2. Click OK on the C: drive
3. Click the More Options tab
4. In the System Restore section click the Clean Up button

[Macintosh]

when I click on start>programs>accesories>system tools>system restore then I get the error message system restore is not able to protect your computer please restart your computer and run sytem restore again and when I try to disable system restore I get the error message system restore has encountered a error when disabling system restore on one or more drives

[Macintosh]

Today I searched in google and found the solution to my problem
I found the solution to my problem here
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1041999581
Anyone who has my problem try this
I tried all the methods they suggested and something worked or I was just lucky

[DavidR]

Computers are fickle things

Thanks for the feedback - Glad that it is working now.