VSSadmin Error in Windows 7 Enterprise
- Hello,
I have this error in event log when I execute the following command in Command window :
vssadmin list writers
Error 1 :
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered. This might happened if an error occurred during Windows setup or during installation of a Shadow Copy provider. The error returned from CoCreateInstance on class with CLSID {e579ab5f-1cc4-44b4-bed9-de0991ff0623} and Name IVssCoordinatorEx2 is [0x80040154, Class not registered
].
Operation:
Instantiating VSS server
Error 2 :
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance. hr = 0x80040154, Class not registered
.
Operation:
Instantiating VSS server
Configuration :
Windows 7 Enterprise b7600, 64 bits, 8 Gigs RAM and plenty of free hard disk available.
Program affected by this problem: Mozy online backup, backup process hangs.
Thank you for your help
Friiscoo
Answers
Hi,
According to the description, the issue seems to be related to Windows 7. As we mainly focus on the Hyper-V question about Windows Server system and here is not the best support resource for Windows 7, it is recommend you to get further support in the corresponding community so that you can get the most qualified pool of respondents. Thanks for your understanding.
For your convenience, I have list the related link as followed.
Windows 7
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro
Vincent Hu
- Marked As Answer byVincent HuMSFT, ModeratorThursday, November 12, 2009 8:19 AM
All Replies
Hi,
According to the description, the issue seems to be related to Windows 7. As we mainly focus on the Hyper-V question about Windows Server system and here is not the best support resource for Windows 7, it is recommend you to get further support in the corresponding community so that you can get the most qualified pool of respondents. Thanks for your understanding.
For your convenience, I have list the related link as followed.
Windows 7
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro
Vincent Hu
- Marked As Answer byVincent HuMSFT, ModeratorThursday, November 12, 2009 8:19 AM

