Michael Solomon

alanbriggs wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I keep getting a dialoge box (daily) telling me:
>
> An error occurred when checking the status of the last automatic
> backup:
>
> The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
> timely fashion. (0x8007041D)
>
> Verify the status of your backup.
>
> "OK, how do I verify the status of my last backup? When I close this
> dialogue box I am immediatley met by another telling me:"
>
> The backup application could not start due to an internal error:
>
> The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
> timely fashion. (0x8007041D)
>
> Please check your system configuration and try again.
>
> "How do I check my system configuration? And try what again?"
>
> I am lost as to what this means. I have googled the erorr code and it
> seems a lot to do with updates etc. I would appreciate some info
> regarding this issue. It is linked (according to the title bar on the
> dialogue box) with Windows Backip. I have automatic backup scheduled
> weekly and have a partition on my hard drive that I use to save the
> backup on. Is this a good idea?
>
> I am running windows vista home premium(32 bit) on a dell desktop with
> a large hard drive, 2GB RAM and E6400 processor.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> alanbriggs

A couple of possibilities come to mind. One, you have something running,
perhaps some system cleanup application that might be corrupting or
otherwise deleting a file that is necessary for the applicaation. NOTE: it
might be some Dell Utility. If you have something on your system similar to
Dell Tools or Dell Utility, check those to see if there is such an app and
turn it off.

Another possibility might be a security issue. You might try turning off,
UAC, Control under Users in Control Panel. Then, let things go until the
next backup, see if it runs without issue. If yes, it sounds as though you
need to take ownership of the folder in which the backup is being saved.


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Michael Solomon