When XP Pro (sp3) system is joined to domain, System Restore TAB is missing

[Guest SOMUM]

By default, the System Restore feature in created when XP Pro is installed, right?

Even after the system is completely patched beyond sp3, the System Restore TAB is present under any local admin account created.

This is verified by RIGHT click on My Computer, left click on Properties, see and click on System Restore TAB.

After the system is joined to the 2008 domain and restarted, and one logs into a local admin account OR the domain account (with Administrators Group privileges), the System Restore TAB is not present.

The 2008 Group policy (for System Restore) has not been edited. It has been left at the default setting which is 'not configured'

I have tested this with freshly formatted system and the results are the same.

Joining the system to the domain seems to affect whether the SR will be present. When I place the system back into a WORKGROUP (ie. "un-join" it from the domain), the SR is now present.

I have tried everything listed on the google search page results of "System Restore Tab Missing in XP-Pro!"

Any fresh ideas as to why this is happening (with proof, not speculation) ??

THX.

-WG

 

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