How to disable scheduled backups?

[xcskier]

I'd like to disable scheduled backups because my Norton antivirus software cannot be copied and I must be present for the first 20 minutes of backup to choose "skip" for each of about 20 Norton files.  This occurs even though I tried to exclude files having *Norton* in their names, and even when I turn off Norton software before backup.  I'm running ThinkCentre M55, 8811-CTO, with Windows XP Pro.  I've removed backup from the XP "Scheduled Tasks" manager, and in "Config AwayManager tasks", Backup using R&R is not checked.  In R&R, "Set Schedule, Schedule your Backups" is not checked.  Despite these settings, once a day every day I continue to get the "backup cannot copy the ....(Norton)...file" window.  I tried allowing one scheduled backup to run to completion, hoping that if I did this, R&R would no longer run auto backups.  But it didn't work.  How can I stop R&R from running auto backups?  I'd prefer to run manual backups at my convenience.

[xcskier]

Sorry, forgot to mention in my previous post: I can't tell which version of R&R I'm running because when I open ThinkVantage R&R, it immediately opens the "backup running" window.   I cannot activate the underlying R&R window with options like backup or recover, can I use the "help" button on that window to identify my R&R version.  When I click "cancel", nothing happens; in order to end the backup, I have to use Windows Task Manager.

[GMAC-R60 Retired Guru]

when you open R&R at the bottum left click on launch advance mode then click on set schedule & preferences

then uncheck the box for schedule backups

that will disable auto backup

[GMAC-R60 Retired Guru]

you can also exclude files by clicking on advance at the top left

[xcskier]

Dear GMAC: the box for "schedule your backups" is NOT checked, already.

[iancdn]

If you can't disable scheduled backups (under Set Schedule etc.), check under Scheduled Tasks (XP) or the

equivalent for your OS and see if anything labelled R&R is set to run, if so disable it.

In R&R you can exclude entire directories and directory trees from being backed up,

this should be better than trying to filter on file names.

Advanced - Exclude Files.

What I did is to set up excluded directories, but thereafter I run R&R from a batch file in command line mode.

This is documented in a manual that can be downloaded from Lenovo.

Before I start it I stop internet access, and shut down anti-virus (Kaspersky in my case), and verify that all anti-virus processes

have stopped using Process Explorer (a free download from Microsoft).  I also manually stop Google Desktop,

Google notifier, in general everything that seems like it might interfere.

Since I started following this procedure I no longer have any issues.

You can also add a batch file command to shut down the computer after the backup,

which is desirable.

Here's most of my batch file:

echo Perform full backup
echo Delete old backup on USB drive

"c:\program files\lenovo\rescue and recovery\rrcmd" delete location=U silent

rem above deletes the old backup on the USB drive
echo Create base backup on USB drive

"c:\program files\lenovo\rescue and recovery\rrcmd" backup location=U name=base silent

rem above backs up to USB

echo Shutdown

computershutdown -s -f


[xcskier]

iancdn: don't mean to sound snippy, but as you and GMAC have repeated, my Windows Scheduled Tasks already exclude any R&R activity including backups.  And, my advanced R&R excludes all antivirus files that I painstakingly identified by writing down lengthy pathnames while manually "skip" each of about 20 hang-up files during an auto backup.  But I will print your suggestion and try it tomorrow.  Incidentally, while trying GMAC's prevous suggestion, I learned that my version of R&R is 3.1xxx.  Thanks for suggestion.  Oh, and I see that my R&R has just started trying another backup......

[iancdn · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Sorry, should have read the other messages more completely.  I suggest you download and install

Autoruns from this link

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963902

Autoruns shows all processes that launch during boot or login, and is reputed

to be more comprehensive than any similar utility.  I would carefully examine

all entries for anything resembling R&R.  Hopefully you will find something and can disable it.

Cheers,

Ian

[xcskier]

ian: I ran the utility you suggested.  Found something in a Lenovo directory named "tvtscheduler.exe".  Also a "schedulerproxy.exe" or something like that.  But I'm hesitant to just delete them without knowing what they do.  Could this/these be the offending file(s)?  (and, R&R is trying to run as I enter this message....)     

[iancdn]

Hi,

You don't have to delete the entries, just uncheck them.  They will still be listed, they just won't run the next

time you reboot.  Suggest reading a bit of the help file in Autoruns first to understand how it works first.

Ian