Notes about this guide: As I said above, the 'System Restore has been turned off by your system administrator' error message, commonly is displayed after a virus infection. How to FIX: System Restore has been turned off by your system administrator.
System Restore has been turned off by your System Administrator.System Restore has been turned off by Group Policy.This article contains instructions to fix the following problems in Windows 7, 8 or Windows 10 OS: If the System Restore is disabled on your system and you cannot enable it, through the System Protections settings, then probably your computer is infected by a virus or other malware program. The user is already logged in as Administrator and cannot enable the System Restore because the 'Configure' button at System Protection settings is grayed out. To turn on System Restore, contact your domain administrator' error message, may displayed on a Windows 7, 8 or 10 based computer when the user tries to launch the system restore. The 'System Restore has been turned off by Administrator or Group Policy.