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i am running vista ultimate...
and my shadow copy is no longer working.. it hasn't for months! it did when i first got my system (dell inspiron 9400)!.. i think i disabled it... but have re-enabled it... but to no avail.. i have system backup set to auto... windows shadow copy set back to auto (was disabled) (under services) and when i right click a folder, and goto previous versions.. it is empty... i have checked my even log viewer.. and it i get the following: -The Windows Modules Installer service entered the running state. -DCOM started the service VSS with arguments "" in order to run the server: {E579AB5F-1CC4-44B4-BED9-DE0991FF0623} -The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout. any idea as to what could be causing this? i tried figuring this one out months ago.. but gave up... im now determined to figure it out! any help would be much appreciated! thanks pj |
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Do you have System Restore enabled on the system drive (C ![]() restore files is where all of the previous version shadow copies are saved. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "pj" wrote in message ... i am running vista ultimate... and my shadow copy is no longer working.. it hasn't for months! it did when i first got my system (dell inspiron 9400)!.. i think i disabled it... but have re-enabled it... but to no avail.. i have system backup set to auto... windows shadow copy set back to auto (was disabled) (under services) and when i right click a folder, and goto previous versions.. it is empty... i have checked my even log viewer.. and it i get the following: -The Windows Modules Installer service entered the running state. -DCOM started the service VSS with arguments "" in order to run the server: {E579AB5F-1CC4-44B4-BED9-DE0991FF0623} -The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout. any idea as to what could be causing this? i tried figuring this one out months ago.. but gave up... im now determined to figure it out! any help would be much appreciated! thanks pj |
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Hi,
Each time System Restore is disabled, all shadow copies, including Restore Points and Previous Versions are deleted. Now that System Restore is enabled on C:, right click on the Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. Then paste the following command and press enter. This will displays all shadow copy storage associations on the system. vssadmin list shadowstorage In the command prompt right click on the upper left conner of the title bar and select Edit - Select All then press enter. This will place the contents of the command prompt into the clip board. Now paste the results here. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org pj wrote: yes, i have it checked to monitor drive C, the drive i want shadow copies to work on... i have checked, and rechecked.. p |
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im on the road right now.... be back after thanksgiving... thanks for posting.
pj "Bert Kinney" wrote: Hi, Each time System Restore is disabled, all shadow copies, including Restore Points and Previous Versions are deleted. Now that System Restore is enabled on C:, right click on the Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. Then paste the following command and press enter. This will displays all shadow copy storage associations on the system. vssadmin list shadowstorage In the command prompt right click on the upper left conner of the title bar and select Edit - Select All then press enter. This will place the contents of the command prompt into the clip board. Now paste the results here. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org pj wrote: yes, i have it checked to monitor drive C, the drive i want shadow copies to work on... i have checked, and rechecked.. p |
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ok, im back, and did like you said BERT...
here are the results: pj C:\Users\MEvssadmin list shadowstorage vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (C ![]() Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C ![]() 63}\ Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 678.664 MB Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 970.223 MB Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2 GB |
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I just solved an issue with Shadow Copy. I could not create a restore point
and had numerous vss errors. In the course of my research I found a link that might help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937862/en-us it speaks to part of your question. I had no shadowstorage set and the issue was that IIS was not installed correctly but I also looked at this link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940032. To check on IIS try this: Click Start, type Programs and Features in the Start Search box, and then click Programs and Features in the Programs list. b. Under Tasks, click Turn Windows features on or off. If you are prompted for an administrator password, type the password. If you are prompted for confirmation, click Continue If IIs is not checked expand the drop down and select all the appropriate boxes. tom "pj" wrote: i am running vista ultimate... and my shadow copy is no longer working.. it hasn't for months! it did when i first got my system (dell inspiron 9400)!.. i think i disabled it... but have re-enabled it... but to no avail.. i have system backup set to auto... windows shadow copy set back to auto (was disabled) (under services) and when i right click a folder, and goto previous versions.. it is empty... i have checked my even log viewer.. and it i get the following: -The Windows Modules Installer service entered the running state. -DCOM started the service VSS with arguments "" in order to run the server: {E579AB5F-1CC4-44B4-BED9-DE0991FF0623} -The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout. any idea as to what could be causing this? i tried figuring this one out months ago.. but gave up... im now determined to figure it out! any help would be much appreciated! thanks pj |
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hey tom, thanks for posting...
tried everything that was stated in the articles.. and tried turning the IIs feature off/on like you stated.. still no luck... if i do the shadow admin (under cmd) it shows that C is being monitored, and space is used up.... i have it set to 1GB for system restore... i cam able to do sys restores... its just that if i right click a folder in C, or even C itself.. and goto previous versions.. it is blank... there is no table, the whole tabbed area is GREY.... still cant figure this one out! thanks for the tips though any more thoughts anyone!? pj |
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