System Restore

Whenever I have need system restore there have never been any restore points. Whenever I check to see if there are any there aren't. Shouldn't windows just automatically make one once a week or something?

Check in control panel/system/system protection tab and see if it is configured properly.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4688-system-protection-turn-off-windows-8-a.html

What am I looking for?

You are checking to see if System Restore (Protection) is on for the partitions on your hard drive, exactly as the tutorial shows.