Norton Ghost 14 Connect. and Retriev. Info. from the Backup & Recov. Serv. on (local computer)

Norton Ghost 14 'Connecting and Retrieving Information' from the 'Backup and Recovery Service' on (local computer)

While starting Norton Ghost 14   I get a message box to wit

Norton Ghost

   Connecting and Retrieving Information' from the 'Backup and Recovery Service' on (local computer name)

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    Reading Backup Destination Information                                                                                          Stops here ~95%

                                                                                                                                                                        Cancel

 

And while Ghost is connecting to the Backup Service I get a Windows Message to wit

Windows - No Disk                                                                                                                             X

Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf7c  4  75b6b7c 75b6bf7c

                              Cancel            Try Again           Continue

This message comes with an audable sound that is the "Windows Critical Stop" sound.

So I click Try Again and get the same message and sound.

So I click Continue and get the same message and sound.

So I click Cancel     and get the same message and sound.

So I click    X             and get the same message and sound.

So next I click Cancel in the Norton Ghost message box.

And I get Norton Ghost application screen messages to wit

    Norton Ghost

 File    View    Task      Computers      Help

    Home             Norton Ghost Service Connection

                         X    This program is unable to connect and communicate with the Norton Ghost backup sevice on (name)

                                Reconnect

                                   Click this link to try and re-establish communication with the backup service on (local computer name)

                                Deploy Agent

                                   Click this link to deploy Norton Ghost Agent to (local computer name)

                                Edit Computer List

                                   Click this link to edit the list of computers that can be connected to and managed

So I click Reconnect and I get the same Norton Ghost message box as above. So I click Cancel.

So I click Deploy Agent

I get message box to wit

(local computer name) cannot be backed up until it is restarted.

and I enter Administrator Credentials to wit

User name: xxxxxxxxxx

Pasword:     xxxxxxxxxx

and click      OK     and I get message box to wit

Deploy Agent                                                                                    X

   X    Cannot deploy the Agent to (local computer name)

          More Help on the Web.

                                          Show Details>>                OK

                - User Credentials cannot be used for local connections.

and Web Help was no help.

So I click OK to exit message box.

So I click Edit Computer List

and I see

(local computer name) with Status of Ready.

 

                             Connect              Close

So I click Connect and I get the same Norton Ghost message box as above. So I click Cancel.

And while this is all going on I have the Windows Message to wit

Windows - No Disk                                                                                                                             X

Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf7c  4  75b6b7c 75b6bf7c

                              Cancel            Try Again           Continue

This message comes with an audable sound that is the "Windows Critical Stop" sound.

So I click Try Again and get the same message and sound.

So I click Continue and get the same message and sound.

So I click Cancel     and get the same message and sound.

So I click    X             and get the same message and sound.

 

This means that I have arrived at nowhere.

 

 This is continued on the next post.