I have used the XP Prof backup wizard many times. Desktop system is XP Prof SP3. Tonight I went to backup and from start acessories system backup--all I get is an hour glass for a few secs and then it is gone. No wizard, no start up box, nothing. The backup icon is in my start menu and when I right click the properties I see that it is at %SystemRoot%\system32\ntbackup.exe but for some reason I cannot start it. I also tried going to run and typing ntbackup.exe--same result--an hour glass for a few sec. If I shut down my computer it tries to end the backup program but I do not see any box like before when the program starts so looks like all is happening in secret. I checked the other system tools--restore etc.--and they all come up ok. Any help on how to get this working is appreciated. It is there but just do not know how to access it. Thanks!

I have used the XP Prof backup wizard many times. Desktop system is XP Prof SP3. Tonight I went to backup and from start acessories system backup--all I get is an hour glass for a few secs and then it is gone. No wizard, no start up box, nothing. The backup icon is in my start menu and when I right click the properties I see that it is at %SystemRoot%\system32\ntbackup.exe but for some reason I cannot start it. I also tried going to run and typing ntbackup.exe--same result--an hour glass for a few sec. If I shut down my computer it tries to end the backup program but I do not see any box like before when the program starts so looks like all is happening in secret. I checked the other system tools--restore etc.--and they all come up ok. Any help on how to get this working is appreciated. It is there but just do not know how to access it. Thanks!I have exactly the same problem as Jim describes.