Disagree on the disabling of System Restore. I've found it quite helpful at times but again the issue is having it do it on it's own. Not having a System Restore in a pinch can also be annoying.

Not a set rule here Arend - to each his/her own how they would rather manage systems. Even with hundreds of systems it's not like a boot error crops up very often and if it does I want to know about it so I can review that system to see why.