Windows Vista only: Shadow Copies, an automated file version saver built into all copies of Windows Vista (and enabled by default), isn't a complete backup solution, but it could be a life-saver in ...

Bill: We've just rolled out file servers running Windows Server 2003 and we want to use Volume Shadow Copy to help us with file restores. We want to know if there are any gotchas. Anon: I'm glad to ...

If you've Vista and tried using the "improved" backup, you likely hate it. I hate it so much I switched to using Robocopy to get a selective differential "backup" (with ACLs), but anything in-use ...

If you accidentally overwrite an important PowerPoint business presentation, you may think you've lost your data and hours of hard work. Windows 7, however, includes a Volume Shadow Copy feature that ...

In this article, we will see how to fix the “0x80042304: The volume shadow copy provider is not registered in the system” error on Windows 11/10. This error is ...

PureSync is great at syncing folders, but also offers useful features such as merging folders, deleting duplicates, downloading websites, and creating shadow copies and restore points. It even mounts ...

While creating a System Restore point, if you get an error saying The shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while trying to process the specified operation ...

A new ransomware vaccine program has been created that terminates processes that try to delete volume shadow copies using Microsoft's vssadmin.exe program, Every day, Windows will create backups of ...

Microsoft says that some applications might fail to backup data using Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) after applying the June 2022 Patch Tuesday Windows updates. The issue occurs due to security ...