No G.U.I. for ntbackup utility

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Hi Everyone,

I run Win XP Pro Sp3 . Today I attempted to perform a "system slate" data
back up , with the built in Windows backup tool. I had did so before with no
problem.
After going to "system tools" , and clicking on the "backup" icon , I waited
but the backup screen never appeared on my desktop. But when I checked "Task
Manager",
it showed that the ntbackup.exe process was running , but ntbackup's G.U.I.
, never appeared on my computer screen. I was UN-successful several times in
getting ntbackup to start to run a back up.
I haven't had this problem before , either with ntbackup , or any other
program.
Any ideas on how I can get ntbackup to run?
 
leoliver said:
Hi Everyone,

I run Win XP Pro Sp3 . Today I attempted to perform a "system slate" data
back up , with the built in Windows backup tool. I had did so before with no
problem.
After going to "system tools" , and clicking on the "backup" icon , I waited
but the backup screen never appeared on my desktop. But when I checked "Task
Manager",
it showed that the ntbackup.exe process was running , but ntbackup's G.U.I.
, never appeared on my computer screen. I was UN-successful several times in
getting ntbackup to start to run a back up.
I haven't had this problem before , either with ntbackup , or any other
program.
Any ideas on how I can get ntbackup to run?
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Hi Larry,
When you click on System Tools >> Right click Backup and select properties
and make sure these info is correct:

Target : [ %SystemRoot%\System32\ntbackup.exe ]

Start in: [ %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%]

Shortcut Key: [ None ]

Run : [ Normal Window ]


Click [OK] and open run command and type in:
ntbackup.exe click [OK], does it run?



HTH
nass
 
Nope . Run commands won't get the GUI to appear.
I tried everything listed here :


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...21e8&mid=64ca16f1-ea49-4ec1-9f01-5a5e0ab3ed96 .

Expect trying to run Backup in safemode. I'm curious about one thing. I 've
been to BlackViper's website : http://www.blackviper.com/ , and disabled
some Window's processes. Now I'm wondering if the ntbackup.exe is dependent
on any of the processes I've disabled ?
--
your friend,
Larry


nass said:
leoliver said:
Hi Everyone,

I run Win XP Pro Sp3 . Today I attempted to perform a "system slate" data
back up , with the built in Windows backup tool. I had did so before with no
problem.
After going to "system tools" , and clicking on the "backup" icon , I waited
but the backup screen never appeared on my desktop. But when I checked "Task
Manager",
it showed that the ntbackup.exe process was running , but ntbackup's G.U.I.
, never appeared on my computer screen. I was UN-successful several times in
getting ntbackup to start to run a back up.
I haven't had this problem before , either with ntbackup , or any other
program.
Any ideas on how I can get ntbackup to run?
Click to expand...


Hi Larry,
When you click on System Tools >> Right click Backup and select properties
and make sure these info is correct:

Target : [ %SystemRoot%\System32\ntbackup.exe ]

Start in: [ %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%]

Shortcut Key: [ None ]

Run : [ Normal Window ]


Click [OK] and open run command and type in:
ntbackup.exe click [OK], does it run?



HTH
nass
Click to expand...
 
leoliver said:
Hi Everyone,

I run Win XP Pro Sp3 . Today I attempted to perform a "system slate" data
back up , with the built in Windows backup tool. I had did so before with
no
problem.
After going to "system tools" , and clicking on the "backup" icon , I
waited
but the backup screen never appeared on my desktop. But when I checked
"Task
Manager",
it showed that the ntbackup.exe process was running , but ntbackup's
G.U.I.
, never appeared on my computer screen. I was UN-successful several times
in
getting ntbackup to start to run a back up.
I haven't had this problem before , either with ntbackup , or any other
program.
Any ideas on how I can get ntbackup to run?
Click to expand...
Just because I had nothing better to do, I decided to backup the system
state this afternoon.

Ntbackup sent the message "Looking for backup devices". I don't remember
seeing this message before, but I waited and waited, and waited some more.
Eventually, the Gui showed up, and I went on to perform the backup. Perhaps
the OP quit too soon.

Jim
 
Nope . Run commands won't get the GUI to appear.
I tried everything listed here :

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?... .

Expect trying to run Backup in safemode. I'm curious about one thing. I 've
been to BlackViper's website :http://www.blackviper.com/ , and disabled
some Window's processes. Now I'm wondering if the ntbackup.exe is dependent
on any of the processes I've disabled ?
--
your friend,
                  Larry

nass said:
"leoliver" wrote:
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Hi Larry,
When you click on System Tools >> Right click Backup and select properties
and make sure these info is correct:
Click to expand...
Target : [ %SystemRoot%\System32\ntbackup.exe  ]
Click to expand...
Start in: [ %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%]
Click to expand...
Shortcut Key:  [ None  ]
Click to expand...
Run : [ Normal Window     ]
Click to expand...
Click [OK] and open run command and type in:
ntbackup.exe     click [OK], does it run?
Click to expand...
HTH
nass
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Yes. If you disabled some of the services that NTBackup requires, of
course it will not run correctly.
 
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