No G.U.I. for ntbackup utility

[leoliver]

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?

--
your friend,
Larry

[nass]

"leoliver" wrote:

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
---
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

[leoliver]

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

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?&query=backup+won't+start&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&p=1&tid=090830c0-61d0-49e9-868a-16b775e121e8&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

[Jim]

"leoliver" <leol...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B4D8F44-F271-420F...@microsoft.com...

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

[smlunatick]

On Nov 5, 11:28 pm, leoliver <leoli...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

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

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

Yes. If you disabled some of the services that NTBackup requires, of
course it will not run correctly.