Get more HD room from System Restore

Hope someone finds it useful, I wrote a tiny app
http://netcpp.com/VistaSpark.htm

for the tweak
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/reduce-system-restores-disk-usage-in-vista/

Setting SystemRestore limit to 2GB released some 20GB of HD space in my system. That's one of the best Vista tweaks IMO.

 

Nice app.

Always be careful when tweaking these settings. The "kill time" setting can cause serious data loss, as usually a process uses that time to save it's data. Also resetting the system restore point size causes all of the current ones to be removed. I never understood the menu delay thing.

Edit: Also, unless you are running out of space and need it, it's best leave the settings alone and let the system use the space. Otherwise it is wasted. Empty space is wasted space.

 

Thanks, all the comments are well in place.

About space - I have 200GB HD in my notebook and I still need room!! Vista clearly abuses HD with SystemRestore. Even 2GB holds numerous restore points, but 15% of HD - excuse me. Some users report 68GB of SR space on large hard drives.

Menu delay will change classic Windows skin responsiveness. By the way, the same tweak makes night and day difference on Windows XP machines.

WaitToKill services is a "poweruser tweak". As for me, I'd rather get rid off an app that needs any amount of time to save things on shutdown than leave the setting at Windows default. It means, the app is not safe anyway and will lose the data should the OS crash.