I have been trying to create system restore points without any success in Windows 7. I get a error popup window when I select System Protection that states, "There was an unexpected error in the property page. System restore encountered an error (0x81000203). I did re-partition my drive at some point using Windows 7 tools. I also look in the events file error and found the following: Volume Shadow Copy Service information: The COM Server with CLSID {65ee1dba-8ff4-4a58-ac1c-3470ee2f376a} and name SW_PROV cannot be started. [0x80110802] Operation: Obtain a callable interface for this provider Obtaining provider management interface Context: Provider ID: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} Class ID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} Snapshot Context: -1 Event ID: 13 The other error I get is as follows: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {65ee1dba-8ff4-4a58-ac1c-3470ee2f376a} [0x80110802]. Thanks for any help.

Please follow the steps in the following article. Backups fails with VSS Event ID 12292 and 11 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 The article is also applied for Windows 7.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I was unable to resolve issue based on information provided. I went to site listed above and found all the registry entries to be listed; in other words, there were no missing entries. I also investigated trying to use vssadmin list commands. Here are my results: vssadmin list providers I got a response with one provider vssadmin list shadows no items found vssadmin list shadowstorage I got an error message that indicated to look at the event file: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine GetProviderMgmtInterface. hr = 0x8004230f, The shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while trying to process the specified operation. vssadmin list volumes I got an error message that indicated to look at the event file: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {65ee1dba-8ff4-4a58-ac1c-3470ee2f376a} [0x80110802]. Operation: Obtain a callable interface for this provider Query volumes supported by this provider vssadmin list writers I got a lot of feedback each indicating "No error"

I have exactly the same issue as BenyAndTheJets we are both on Windows 7 but this article refers only to Windows Server 2008. The registry key mentioned is however there and correct. I am unable to run MS Backup or create/use restore points so this is really urgent for me. Any further ideas?