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    Can't get Windows Backup to Start on my HTPC

    in Windows 7

    Posted · Edited by jminiman

    Hi all,

    Every single Google hit on this subject under Vista mentions McAffee. I have never installed an anti-virus, firewall, security helper, etc. product on this box. I'm trying to start the Windows 7 backup application, and as soon as I hit "Set up backup", I get the error: The backup application could not start due to an internal error: Server execution failed (0x80080005).

    It turns out I cannot invoke Block Level Backup Engine Service. The error I get when manually starting that service is:

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    Windows could not start the Block Level Backup Engine Service service on Local Computer.

    Error 0x800700b7: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

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    I traced using Process Monitor and it doesn't appear as though anything bizarre is occurring in sdclt.exe. I could be wrong, of course. Perhaps there's a permissions issue somewhere? Some help would be awesome!

    Update: This is a pristine image running Win 7 Ultimate RTM

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    PPTP VPN Freezes System Upon Disconnect

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    Looks like I was able to fix this by forcefully uninstalling several duplicate network adapters (one of them being PPTP) via the registry. I changed the characteristic bit to allow uninstall, and then I just picked off the problematic network adapters in Device Manager. Although the adapters didn't seem to be causing any problems, all my freezing went away when I disabled the dupes. Glad I looked in there!

    No more freezes now.

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    PPTP VPN Freezes System Upon Disconnect

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    I'd like to provide a little more detail. Looks like the callback notification just isn't taking place after I disconnect. Here is what I see:

    [304] 16:10:39:562: PPPEMSG_Stop recvd

    <...Stuff Here>

    [3752] 16:10:40:843: RemoveFromTimerQ called portid=0,Id=10,Protocol=c021,EventType=0,fAuth=0

    [3752] 16:10:40:843: FsmThisLayerFinished called for protocol = c021, port = 4

    [3752] 16:10:40:843: FsmThisLayerFinished called for protocol = 80fd, port = 4: 0

    [3752] 16:10:40:859: FsmThisLayerFinished called for protocol = 8021, port = 4: 0

    [3752] 16:10:40:859: NotifyCaller(hPort=4, dwMsgId=10)

    [3352] 16:10:40:953: PPPEMSG_LineDown recvd, hPort=4

    [3752] 16:10:40:953: Line down event occurred on port 4

    What I should see is:

    [17892] 06-15 16:10:29:416: PPPEMSG_Stop recvd

    <...Stuff>

    [1480] 06-15 16:10:29:593: PPPEMSG_LineDown recvd, hPort=4

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:593: Line down event occurred on port 4

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:595: FsmDown event received for protocol c021 on port 4

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:595: RemoveFromTimerQ called portid=0,Id=10,Protocol=c021,EventType=0,fAuth=0

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:595: FsmReset called for protocol = c021, port = 4

    <...Stuff>

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:595: LcpEnd

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:595: Post line down event occurred on port 4

    [1548] 06-15 16:10:29:595: NotifyCaller(hPort=4, dwMsgId=23)

    Why is everything hanging after line down event?

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    PPTP VPN Freezes System Upon Disconnect

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    100% reproducible problem! Thinkpad T61 on XP SP3. Current version of Access Connections, Intel Wireless/LAN drivers, etc. I can login to my PPTP VPN server every time without any errors. However, every time I disconnect the VPN, Remote Connections freezes up and I can never re-establish any dial-up connection until I reboot. Ipconfig /release hangs, too. I've tried starting up using msconfig to disable all Thinkpad services and only have the most basic drivers started, and I still get the freeze every time I disconnect. VPN disconnect freeze happens regardless of whether I'm on my WiFi card or a Verizon datacard.

    Has anyone seen this?

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    Restore Previous Versions Isn't Working

    in Windows Vista

    Posted

    Interesting! Here is how my system is configured:

    C Drive - Physical Drive 1 - NTFS - Windows, Program Files

    E Drive - Physical Drive 2 - NTFS - Multimedia

    F Drive - Physical Drive 3 - FAT32 - SWAP File (System Managed)

    G Drive - Physical Drive 3 - FAT32 - Data files/temp files

    I'm wondering if I put everything on NTFS if my problem will be solved?

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    Restore Previous Versions Isn't Working

    in Windows Vista

    Posted

    Your description was stellar and made perfect sense. But unfortunately, even when I perform the exact steps you prescribe above, and despite all of my drives being covered by System Restore (well I have a FAT32 drive which does not show up; it's my page file and temp files disk), my sample .TXT file does not show any Previous Versions to restore from. I must be missing something stupid simple. What other steps can I take to figure this out? Here are some of my services settings:

    Windows Backup - Manual (Not Started)

    Windows Search - Auto

    Volume Shadow Copy - Manual (Started)

    Task Scheduler - Auto (Started)

    Offline Files - Disabled

    Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider - Manual (Started)

    Thanks for your continued help!

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    Restore Previous Versions Isn't Working

    in Windows Vista

    Posted

    Heh--I'm not an id***! My question was:

    - I have System Restore enabled for the C: Drive. How can I ensure a particular folder, such as C:\Work Files, will have restore points created for it?

    As it stands now, no folders have available previous versions despite having the C drive creating system restore points.

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    Restore Previous Versions Isn't Working

    in Windows Vista

    Posted

    Thanks for your help. My main C drive (Windows, Apps, Data) has itself as checked under "Available Disks". Furthermore, there is a restore point created as of noon today, and there typically is one created each day. When I click on the C drive and choose "Restore Previous Versions", I see nothing available, however.

    Computer is not on a domain--it's a home machine.

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    Restore Previous Versions Isn't Working

    in Windows Vista

    Posted

    Hey all,

    This is a general "what did I break?" question. For some reason, all of my folders show the "Previous Versions" tab, and I have been generating System Restore points somewhat often, but no files/folders have previous restore point information. In other words, I always see "No Previous Versions Available". Volume Shadow Copy service is enabled and doesn't SEEM to be erroring. What else can I check into to see why no file previous versions are available?

    Thanks for your help!

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