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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 automatic deletions of System Restore points

by nreece on 6/24/25, 5:21 AM with 18 comments

• by timewizard on 6/24/25, 6:38 AM

  > Related to System Restore points is the Recall feature which uses AI in its functions. “It captures your screen every few seconds and knows what you are doing. Recall understands everything, including people you talk to, files you share, and more.

  Corporate America has become a relentless cretinous stalker.

  > It's a feature that’s not present in Windows 10, so is a key way to encourage users to move to the latest OS.

  Worse still they think their victims enjoy the harassment they receive.

• by cadamsdotcom on 6/24/25, 7:14 AM

  A (small) gift to Linux on the desktop. MS’ own goal of strong-arming people on to Win11 continues unabated.

  Everyone gets sick of it at their own point. Each thing sends more people to alternatives!

  Windows team: whoever’s making your decisions is doing great!

• by pacifika on 6/24/25, 6:41 AM

  I’m pretty sure even on Vista maybe XP system restore points were created every time a supported installer ran or before updates were installed.

  So the advice to create restore points every two weeks isn’t needed, is my assumption.

  But I’m just a ex-user.

• by burnt-resistor on 6/24/25, 10:18 AM

  I posted this earlier from the less annoying extremetech site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44358507

• by BrianHenryIE on 6/24/25, 6:10 AM

  They should have preserved existing behaviour for existing users and implemented this as a default only for new installs.

• by NBJack on 6/24/25, 7:19 AM

  C'mon, SteamOS. You're so close to giving gamers and Windows-only application users a seamless experience on virtually any PC.