Contact Us<\/a>. We are offering free tech support by email<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe error seems to be caused by the fact that the VSS service is running as LocalSystem and it does not have the right permissions on the DCOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I created a small PowerShell script to address the issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that a reboot is required!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe code can be run as in PowerShell, saved in a ps1 file as run as .\/filename.ps1 or used in a RMM script<\/p>\n\n\n\n
echo “Getting VSS account logon info”;<\/em><\/p>$svcLogon = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -ComputerName $env:computername |? { $_.StartName -match $LogonAccount } |<\/code>? { $_.DisplayName -eq “Volume Shadow Copy” } | select DisplayName, StartName, State, StartMode | Select-Object -ExpandProperty StartName<\/em><\/p>echo ” VSS is running as ” $svcLogon<\/em><\/p>echo “Get registry values”<\/em><\/p>$regValues = Get-Item -Path HKLM:SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VSS\\VssAccessControl | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Property;<\/em><\/p>echo “Registry contains” $regValues<\/em><\/p>echo “Checking to see if it is in the registry”<\/em><\/p>foreach ($rVal in $regValues ) {echo “Is LocalSystem present? ” $regFound<\/em><\/p>echo “If not existent we will create it, otherwise exit”<\/em><\/p>echo “Getting VSS account logon info”;<\/em><\/p>$svcLogon = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -ComputerName $env:computername |? { $_.StartName -match $LogonAccount } |<\/code>? { $_.DisplayName -eq “Volume Shadow Copy” } | select DisplayName, StartName, State, StartMode | Select-Object -ExpandProperty StartName<\/em><\/p>echo ” VSS is running as ” $svcLogon<\/em><\/p>echo “Get registry values”<\/em><\/p>$regValues = Get-Item -Path HKLM:SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VSS\\VssAccessControl | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Property;<\/em><\/p>echo “Registry contains” $regValues<\/em><\/p>echo “Checking to see if it is in the registry”<\/em><\/p>foreach ($rVal in $regValues ) {echo “Is LocalSystem present? ” $regFound<\/em><\/p>echo “If not existent we will create it, otherwise exit”<\/em><\/p>echo “Getting VSS account logon info”;<\/em><\/p>$svcLogon = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -ComputerName $env:computername |? { $_.StartName -match $LogonAccount } |<\/code>? { $_.DisplayName -eq “Volume Shadow Copy” } | select DisplayName, StartName, State, StartMode | Select-Object -ExpandProperty StartName<\/em><\/p>echo ” VSS is running as ” $svcLogon<\/em><\/p>echo “Get registry values”<\/em><\/p>$regValues = Get-Item -Path HKLM:SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VSS\\VssAccessControl | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Property;<\/em><\/p>echo “Registry contains” $regValues<\/em><\/p>echo “Checking to see if it is in the registry”<\/em><\/p>foreach ($rVal in $regValues ) {echo “Is LocalSystem present? ” $regFound<\/em><\/p>echo “If not existent we will create it, otherwise exit”<\/em><\/p>echo “Getting VSS account logon info”;<\/em><\/p>$svcLogon = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -ComputerName $env:computername |? { $_.StartName -match $LogonAccount } |<\/code>? { $_.DisplayName -eq “Volume Shadow Copy” } | select DisplayName, StartName, State, StartMode | Select-Object -ExpandProperty StartName<\/em><\/p>echo ” VSS is running as ” $svcLogon<\/em><\/p>echo “Get registry values”<\/em><\/p>$regValues = Get-Item -Path HKLM:SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VSS\\VssAccessControl | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Property;<\/em><\/p>echo “Registry contains” $regValues<\/em><\/p>echo “Checking to see if it is in the registry”<\/em><\/p>foreach ($rVal in $regValues ) {echo “Is LocalSystem present? ” $regFound<\/em><\/p>echo “If not existent we will create it, otherwise exit”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nWe are offering free tech support by email<\/em>, do not hesitate to Contact Us<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Event ID: 8194 Message: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"epkb_post_type_1_category":[68],"epkb_post_type_1_tag":[],"class_list":["post-985","epkb_post_type_1","type-epkb_post_type_1","status-publish","hentry","epkb_post_type_1_category-vss"],"yoast_head":"\n
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