>Hi all!
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>I have create account only for backup purposes. User name of this account is "backup", password is "backup", and this account have administrator user rights.
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>Then I was configured schedule service to run automatic, and to run with this account.
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>After that I wrote batch file in which I have following contents:
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>NTBACKUP backup c:\ /d "Full backup c:\" /hc:on /t normal /l "c:\backup tape.log"
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>and execute it with "AT" command at time where nobody is logged on (press ctrl+alt+del to logon message is on the screen).
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>Everything on my drive c:\ is copied except \WINNT\NETLOGON.CHG with message "File \WINNT\NETLOGON.CHG is in use. It has been skipped". This test confirms that I was logged with administrator privileges.
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>Then I change my batch file to have new contents:
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>NTBACKUP backup c:\1996 c:\1997 c:\local c:\office c:\posta c:\pwrchute c:\script /d "1996, 1997 & lokalni diskovi" /b /hc:on /t normal /l "c:\backup tape.log"
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>and execute it also with "AT" command when nobody is logged on.
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>Everything was copied except local registry (note /b switch). I am wander why my registry is not copied.
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>If I walk through NTBACKUP interface and select this directories (logged as backup) and select check box "backup local registry", registry will be copied.
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>Why my local registry is not copied in batch file?
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I've run into this too. It's because you're not logged on at batch time, and backup access is only granted with a logon for each user. It's built in for security, I guess. You could try copying registry to different file name for batch backup, or there might be a setting somewhere to change it...