Shadow Copy is not working

[Sorter13]

I have vista ultimate and can't figure out a way to get "Previous versions"
of files to work correctly. When check this tab all I ever see is "There
are no previous versions available". Few things I've tried.

Verified System Protection is enabled on c:\ (system) drive.
Verified Printer and Filesharing was enabled on local connection.
Disabled, rebooted and re-enabled system protection.

The only error I get relating to this in the error logs is: "The VSS service
is shutting down due to idle timeout."

Here's what I get when checking vssadmin list shadowstorage:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin 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\\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(C\\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e69
63}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.383 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.881 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 17.174 GB

Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (E\\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33ad}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(E\\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33
ad}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.594 MB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 100 MB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 57.25 GB


C:\Windows\system32>

I would really, really like for this feature to work. Please help.

 

[Sorter13]

Nevermind. I had been using TweakVista and had a few services that appeared
to be completely unrelated to shadow copy disabled. Restoring default
services fixed it immediately.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Sorter

Glad you got this problem fixed and thanks for letting us know how you fixed
it.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Nevermind. I had been using TweakVista and had a few services that
appeared
to be completely unrelated to shadow copy disabled. Restoring default
services fixed it immediately.

I have vista ultimate and can't figure out a way to get "Previous
versions"
of files to work correctly. When check this tab all I ever see is
"There
are no previous versions available". Few things I've tried.

Verified System Protection is enabled on c:\ (system) drive.
Verified Printer and Filesharing was enabled on local connection.
Disabled, rebooted and re-enabled system protection.

The only error I get relating to this in the error logs is: "The VSS
service
is shutting down due to idle timeout."

Here's what I get when checking vssadmin list shadowstorage:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin 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\\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(C\\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e69
63}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.383 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.881 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 17.174 GB

Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (E\\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33ad}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(E\\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33
ad}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.594 MB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 100 MB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 57.25 GB


C:\Windows\system32>

I would really, really like for this feature to work. Please help.