I am the only user, it's a home laptop, not a company laptop so no one else
would have it locked down and I believe I have admin rights. Is it possible I
may not still have admin rights? If so, How can I check and reset that.
Thanks also for the tip. I will try it and let you know if it works.
--
Lou
"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
Quote:
> Assuming you are an admin user, no security should be bothering the backup
> rights. I would think something was out in your security settings.
>
> HOW TO Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;313222
>
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> "Lou" <Lou@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:17BD5FA9-1ACB-4147-A684-A37A3C8E796A@xxxxxx Quote:
> > When I try to use the backup and restore program from control panel to
> > create
> > a file backp on my external hard drive, the backup fails. I get the
> > following
> > error message:
> > "Backup did not complete successfully. File backup could not start for the
> > following reason: Access is denied. (0x80070005).
> >
> > I am running Norton Internet Security 2008. I have turned off the windows
> > firewall and stopped the norton firewall.
> >
> > Anyone run across this and know how to handle it? I don't see any posts
> > about it.
> >
> > --
> > Lou
>