point in time restore

Windows 11 has gained a recovery tool that changes the meaning of “restore point” in a significant—and potentially risky—way. Point-in-time restore can roll a PC back to a recent local snapshot containing not only Windows, applications, and settings, but also the files stored on the system...

Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore is a broad rollback of the Windows installation volume, not a narrow repair tool: it can return Windows, installed apps, settings, and local files on that volume to an earlier captured state. Use it when a bad update, driver, or application change has made the PC...

IT should enable Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore only in a controlled pilot, not across the fleet. The feature becomes operationally valuable only after an organization proves the entire recovery chain: entering Windows Recovery Environment, retrieving a BitLocker recovery key, finding a usable...

Windows 11 KB5101650 is rolling out to versions 24H2 and 25H2 with quieter Widgets, a more flexible Windows Update pause control, Point-in-Time Restore, and a substantial collection of File Explorer and reliability fixes. Installed on July 14 as Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release, it moves...

Windows 11 update KB5101650 adds Point-in-Time Restore to versions 24H2 and 25H2, giving compatible PCs a short-term way to roll back the operating system, applications, settings, and local files after a damaging update or configuration change. The July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday release installs OS...

Additional coverage of this story: KB5101650 Adds Windows 11 Restore, 35-Day Pause and Quieter Widgets PCMag emphasizes quieter Widgets behavior and a calendar-based 35-day update pause, and notes Microsoft is temporarily withholding KB5101650 from a limited number of Dell PCs with Intel...

Windows 11’s new Point-in-time Restore can use up to 2% of the system drive—capped at 50GB—to maintain rolling snapshots of Windows, applications, settings, and local files. The feature arrives for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 through July’s KB5101650 cumulative update, but the alarming...

Windows 11 KB5101650 is now rolling out as the mandatory July 2026 Patch Tuesday update, moving Windows 11 25H2 to build 26200.8875 and Windows 11 24H2 to build 26100.8875. The release combines this month’s security fixes with a broader recovery system, substantial Bluetooth repairs...

KB5095093 covers Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. Check availability at Settings > Windows Update, and remember that gradual rollout can cause features to appear at different times on otherwise similar PCs. Do not treat Point-in-time Restore as a backup. Plan upgrades for Windows 11 24H2 Home...

Microsoft is rolling out Point-in-Time Restore for Windows 11 as part of its Windows Resiliency Initiative, a recovery feature shaped by the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage and aimed at helping users and IT teams roll PCs back from serious update or system-change failures through locally stored...

Windows 11 can be restored to an earlier working state by launching System Restore with rstrui.exe, choosing an existing restore point, scanning for affected programs, and confirming the rollback; if Windows will not boot, the same recovery path is available through Windows Recovery Environment...

Microsoft’s July 2026 Windows 11 security update is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, and is expected to bring Point-in-time restore, expanded update pause controls, IPP-first printer setup, Widgets changes, networking fixes, and accessibility improvements to supported Windows 11 PCs. The headline...

Enable Windows 11 Point-in-time restore now only on devices that pass four checks: the OS volume is at least 200 GB, free space and Volume Shadow Copy Service capacity are healthy, BitLocker recovery-key retrieval is confirmed, and a Windows Recovery Environment restore has been tested on a...

Microsoft has made point-in-time restore generally available for Windows 11 version 24H2 and later, giving Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education PCs a built-in way to roll back to a recent working state when an update, driver, app, policy, or configuration change breaks the system. It is not a...

Microsoft’s new Point-in-time restore for Windows 11 arrived in the June 23, 2026 optional preview update KB5095093 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, with broader delivery expected through the July 2026 security update, and it can consume as much as 50GB of local storage on large system...

Microsoft plans to ship the Windows 11 July 2026 Security Update on Tuesday, July 14, bringing Point-in-time Restore, Screen tint, expanded update pausing, quieter Widgets, accessibility refinements, printer changes, File Explorer speed work, Bluetooth fixes, and networking improvements to...

On June 23, 2026, Microsoft began previewing a Windows 11 update that brings calendar-based update pausing, point-in-time restore, accessibility tinting, Bluetooth fixes, quieter Widgets, and smaller usability repairs ahead of the automatic July 14 Patch Tuesday rollout. The important part is...

Microsoft has begun rolling out point-in-time restore for Windows 11, a recovery feature that lets eligible PCs roll back from the Windows Recovery Environment to a locally stored system state captured within the previous 72 hours. The pitch is simple: when an update, driver, app, or...

Microsoft has made Point-in-time Restore generally available for Windows 11 on version 24H2 and later, giving Home, Pro, and Enterprise users a built-in way to roll a PC back to a recent working state from Windows Recovery Environment. That sounds like a modest recovery feature until you notice...

Microsoft has added point-in-time restore to Windows 11 version 24H2 and later, giving Home, Pro, and Enterprise PCs a built-in way to roll back the operating system, apps, settings, and local files to an automatically captured earlier state from the previous 72 hours. It is a recovery feature...