I'm not pointing any fingers at CC, as I run CC infrequently and I have noticed this independently of CC runs.
I seem to have far fewer sys restore points than usual. I'm on XPH SP3, and I don't use CC's sys rest facility. I have the sys restore space set to 2 gb, and I always used to have around 50 or more points available, mqaking each point about 40 mb. Every so often Windows would chop off a dozen or so to give room for new daily points.
Now I have 14 points, and have had for the past few weeks. I know, from using Recuva, that I have just had another clear-out, and I have more deleted files shown in Recuva than usual, over 4k rather than the usual 1.5 to 2.5. It seems as if something is restricting the number of sys restore points that Windows can create, or forcing it to clear out points more frequently. I have only one disk by the way.
Not that I ever use sys restore, I'm just curious why my pc is not doing as it's told. I might stop and start it to see what happens but that would take more than a fortnight to test.
Okay whenever I even open the "System Restore" tab, my PC hangs.
I think you are being impatient - it's probably not hanging. It takes time to gather all that data. Mine is slow also but I simply wait awhile and it appears, and I have a fast computer.
My pc is slow to show CCe sys restore info, but only in seconds.
It seems that I have 14 points, being the last 14 taken. I'll keep an eye on the list to see if the oldest one goes as a new point is created. The Avast 5 info posted in the link doesn't seem to be specific to my case.
I quite like having 14 points. If I were asked how many I wanted to keep then 14 would be a reasonable answer, far better than my usual 50-odd. I'm just curious what's doing this.