vss - volume shadow copy won't stay disabled

· i disabled volume shadow copy from services > properties

· yet, it keeps auto-re-enabling

· i then re-named vssadmin.exe to vssad.exe from C:\Windows\System32\

· but this didn't stop shadow copies from being created

· i see that other folders also have a vssadmin.exe

· but windows prevents me from re-naming those files

? why might vssadmin.exe be auto-re-enabling

? and how can i stop shadow copies from being created

Answer

System restore allocation was set to 100%. Changing it to 1% seems to have fixed it.