When I installed WS08R2, before adding any roles I found this error in the event log Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine RegOpenKeyExW(-2147483646,SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Diag,...). hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied. I found an article about this error, it talked about allowing full control to the user through regedit. If the user "NETWORK SERVICE" is not in any of the subkey, how do you allow full control? I am new to Servers, so please be gentle!

Hello, check out the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2003016Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Hey there That article is no wheres close to what I have.

you can add the user network service in the security dialog. when you navigate to the key and rightclick it and select permissions, there should be an option to add users

Solutions is found here http://www.jcarle.com/2009/09/06/fixing-the-volume-shadow-copy-service/ -------------------------------------------------