Create Computer Restore Point

Our Windows computer should be creating a new Restore Point every time it reboots. But creating one for ourselves is a good idea, particularly when we're about to make a major change. 

That's easy to do in PowerShell when launched with administrator rights using the Checkpoint-Computer cmdlet:

Checkpoint-Computer -Description "Pre-DotNetUpgrade"

 


Once completed, we can use Get-ComputerRestorePoint to verify:

 

No, I don't know why Microsoft refers to it as both a 'Checkpoint' and a 'RestorePoint'. 

Find Restore Points

We can use PowerShell to quickly display our computer's Restore Points:

Get-ComputerRestorePoint