How do I enable system protection from the command prompt in the system repair screen?

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I had disabled system protection trying to download DirectX 10, because my graphics can't support DirectX 11. Some Windows updates started after I turned off my computer, I figured it wouldn't be a problem until my computer started back up again and gave me the "failure configuring windows updates" error, and is in a continuous loop.

It happened before, but I had restored it to a previous session. I can't do that again because system protection is off and it is saying it doesn't have restore points, though I do believe it does.

Windows 7 ultimate

See the post here for the specific steps to take to try to resolve this issue: https://superuser.com/questions/993233/failed-to-configure-restart-loop-with-windows-7-updates/993243#993243 — Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style, Mar 14 '17 at 19:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 05:27

I can't do that again because system protection is off and it is saying it doesn't have restore points, though I do believe it does.

Fact: When you disable your System Protection, all System Restore checkpoints are deleted. For years, I disabled and immediately re-enabled System Protection when I wanted to delete all System Restore checkpoints.

How do I enable system protection from the command prompt in the system repair screen?

While I don't know whether it is possible to do it from Command Prompt at all, I know that it is impossible to enable System Protection when the operating system is offline.

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:10

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Try this: rstrui.exe /offline:C:\Windows=active

edited Dec 19 '18 at 17:10

Worthwelle

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answered Dec 19 '18 at 16:44

Andy

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This answer could be improved by providing more explanation of what exactly this command does. – Worthwelle Dec 19 '18 at 17:10

How do I enable system protection from the command prompt in the system repair screen?

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