Msi PM Hat: Adopt Windows Installer for Built-In System Restore

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No additional work is required by an application installed with Windows Installer as MSI tells system restore when to start and when to stop monitoring.

Here's an example of a log entry for the system restore start (uninstalling orca.msi from the SDK, logging prefixes removed)

BeginTransaction: Locking Server
Machine policy value 'LimitSystemRestoreCheckpointing' is 0
Note: 1: 1717 2: Orca
Calling SRSetRestorePoint API. dwRestorePtType: 1, dwEventType: 102, llSequenceNumber: 0, szDescription: "Removed Orca".
The call to SRSetRestorePoint API succeeded. Returned status: 0, llSequenceNumber: 610.

Here's an example of a log entry for the system restore stop (uninstalling orca.msi from the SDK, logging prefixes removed)

Calling SRSetRestorePoint API. dwRestorePtType: 0, dwEventType: 103, llSequenceNumber: 610, szDescription: "".
The call to SRSetRestorePoint API succeeded. Returned status: 0.
Unlocking Server

For more information on how system restore works, consult the MSDN topic: About System Restore