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Posted by xyz on May 19, 2007, 12:53 pm
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Maybe you changed the password of the "log on as" account for ntbackup.
"b1caez01" wrote:
> The whole back bone of security is your ability to back up important
files,
> etc.. before you need to. But if the ntbackup utility does not work, then
> what is the point of using it... It should be an embarrassment to someone
at
> MS.
>
> It worked flawlessly for the dozen or so times I have used it over the
last
> year. Now, it suddenly stopped working. I tap on the shortcut icon and it
> just sits there...sputters and fizzles a bit...then goes silent.
>
> I have uninstalled and reinstalled it about 10 times, with a registry
clean
> out between each install. I have loaded it fresh from the i386 folder on
my
> hard drive and the install CD.
>
> I have done a sfc /scannow cmd a few times to see if that might be the
> problem.
>
> I have snooped around the Administrative tool services for some clue...to
> see if there was the "usual" box with or without a tick mark, where there
> wasn't or was one before...no clues.
>
> I have gone down the list of services to see which have been arbitrarily
> enabled or disabled...
>
> Nothing has worked...and now I have a pile of previously saved files, I
can
> no longer use and must delete to save space...
>
> Why must we go begging on these fora when perfectly good, well paid, MS
> technicians should be able to solve the problem and post a solution in the
> usual place! We are constantly paying to clean up after someone else's
> issue...
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