jminiman Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) 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:--------------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.---------------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 Edited August 23, 2009 by jminiman
cluberti Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Well, short of debugging, I'd consider simply reinstalling 7 and seeing if it reproduces without doing anything else. If so, the service start will likely have to be debugged (it's complaining there's a handle to a file that has locked said file while you were starting the service).
jminiman Posted August 23, 2009 Author Posted August 23, 2009 Just reinstalled Windows. Same error. This stinks! What can I check into now?
cluberti Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 It repros with just windows, nothing additional? If so, where'd you get your ISO? Is it MSDN/MSDNAA/Technet?
jminiman Posted August 23, 2009 Author Posted August 23, 2009 It was a permissions thing. I had to start the Block Level Backup Service to LogOn as my current user account. That's annoying!
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