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« on: April 29, 2015, 06:18:56 am »
Registry Backup Recent Failure to Auto Back Up Current User Files
I am currently using Registry Backup (V.2.2.0) for daily Registry backups on my two PC's (a Lenovo laptop and a Lenovo desktop, both running Win 7 Pro x64 SP1). I have Registry Backup set up on each PC, using Task Scheduler, to run a daily automatic backup 5 minutes after my login once a day (keeping 7 backups from the most recent 7 days). This has worked well on both machines for some time now.
The command line I've been using in Task Scheduler is "C:\Programs\RegBackupPortable\TweakingRegistryBackup.exe", with the argument of "/auto". (I believe this is still the configuration Task Scheduler was originally set up by Registry Backup to use many moons ago.)
However, on just the last two days on just the laptop, the auto backups have been missing files. Specifically, the following four current user files now seem to be "skipped over" during auto backups:
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\DefaultAppPool\ntuser.dat
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\DefaultAppPool\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\fred\ntuser.dat
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\fred\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat
However, just yesterday and today, after I noticed the above, I then also ran manual Registry Backup backups (using VSS) on the laptop, and found that the manual backups did seem to be complete (in that they did at least include the above four user files).
Just as an experiment, I also slightly modified the Task Scheduler settings on the laptop just for today, so that today's auto backup occurred 10 minutes after login (instead of 5), but the (defective) result was the same. (Only the time delay was changed in Task Scheduler -- the command line and argument remained the same.)
The contents of the Settings.ini file (not including the [color] settings) are the following:
[main]
ChangeBackupLocation=1
BackupLocation=C:\RegBackup\
CheckForUpdates=1
AutoDeleteOldBackups=1
AutoDeleteOldBackupsDays=5
ScheduleUser=False
ScheduleSystem=True
VSSexe=Auto Detect (Default)
FallBackMethod=1
DefaultBackupName=ManualBackup
DefaultAutoBackupName=AutoBackup
VSSletter=B:
DidCloseProperly=False
AlwaysUseFallBackMethod=0
Only1AutoBackupPerDay=1
BackupsToKeep=7
ScheduleCommand=2
ShowTrayIcon=0
I have not changed any of the above settings in quite a while -- in particular, I have not changed any Registry Backup settings recently.
Interestingly, auto backups created with both ERUNT and RegBak, which Task Scheduler is set up to run a few minutes after Registry Backup is run, do contain the missing ntuser.dat and UsrClass.dat files. (Yes, I am still running these two older non-VSS backup utilities -- I guess I have "CDO" -- that's just like "OCD", except that the initials are properly alphabetized, just the way they're supposed to be --
)
I just checked when the most recent Windows Updates occurred (in case there might be a connection), but it seems as if the last Windows Updates (on the laptop) took place over a week ago (and not just a couple of days ago).
I could still try a few more experiments to try to see if there's anything I can figure out that is going wrong all of a sudden, but I first wanted to report the issue, to let the "Top Geek, err uh Dog" be aware of it, and to also see if anyone else has noticed this as well.
Thanks for listening.
I am currently using Registry Backup (V.2.2.0) for daily Registry backups on my two PC's (a Lenovo laptop and a Lenovo desktop, both running Win 7 Pro x64 SP1). I have Registry Backup set up on each PC, using Task Scheduler, to run a daily automatic backup 5 minutes after my login once a day (keeping 7 backups from the most recent 7 days). This has worked well on both machines for some time now.
The command line I've been using in Task Scheduler is "C:\Programs\RegBackupPortable\TweakingRegistryBackup.exe", with the argument of "/auto". (I believe this is still the configuration Task Scheduler was originally set up by Registry Backup to use many moons ago.)
However, on just the last two days on just the laptop, the auto backups have been missing files. Specifically, the following four current user files now seem to be "skipped over" during auto backups:
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\DefaultAppPool\ntuser.dat
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\DefaultAppPool\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\fred\ntuser.dat
C:\RegBackup\FRED-T420S\[dateandtime]\C\Users\fred\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat
However, just yesterday and today, after I noticed the above, I then also ran manual Registry Backup backups (using VSS) on the laptop, and found that the manual backups did seem to be complete (in that they did at least include the above four user files).
Just as an experiment, I also slightly modified the Task Scheduler settings on the laptop just for today, so that today's auto backup occurred 10 minutes after login (instead of 5), but the (defective) result was the same. (Only the time delay was changed in Task Scheduler -- the command line and argument remained the same.)
The contents of the Settings.ini file (not including the [color] settings) are the following:
[main]
ChangeBackupLocation=1
BackupLocation=C:\RegBackup\
CheckForUpdates=1
AutoDeleteOldBackups=1
AutoDeleteOldBackupsDays=5
ScheduleUser=False
ScheduleSystem=True
VSSexe=Auto Detect (Default)
FallBackMethod=1
DefaultBackupName=ManualBackup
DefaultAutoBackupName=AutoBackup
VSSletter=B:
DidCloseProperly=False
AlwaysUseFallBackMethod=0
Only1AutoBackupPerDay=1
BackupsToKeep=7
ScheduleCommand=2
ShowTrayIcon=0
I have not changed any of the above settings in quite a while -- in particular, I have not changed any Registry Backup settings recently.
Interestingly, auto backups created with both ERUNT and RegBak, which Task Scheduler is set up to run a few minutes after Registry Backup is run, do contain the missing ntuser.dat and UsrClass.dat files. (Yes, I am still running these two older non-VSS backup utilities -- I guess I have "CDO" -- that's just like "OCD", except that the initials are properly alphabetized, just the way they're supposed to be --
)I just checked when the most recent Windows Updates occurred (in case there might be a connection), but it seems as if the last Windows Updates (on the laptop) took place over a week ago (and not just a couple of days ago).
I could still try a few more experiments to try to see if there's anything I can figure out that is going wrong all of a sudden, but I first wanted to report the issue, to let the "Top Geek, err uh Dog" be aware of it, and to also see if anyone else has noticed this as well.
Thanks for listening.