If Acronis even offers this as a fix, then they could fix the problem up front and not do things that way. So the bottom line is that Acronis is what's breaking my system in the first place, Acronis is keeping my computer from restarting, Acronis is making me lose access to my computer and causing me to lose irreplaceable data while my computer is down, and is causing me to risk disk corruption (ironically causing me to need to recover from a backup to assure my disk is clean) if I try to get around it without this fix. So it means that it was Acronis that was keeping my computer from working normally in the first place. Then 100% of the time, I will see the "operations are in progress" message. For example, if a video won't play, and Media Center tells me to try restarting Media Center or restarting Windows, I will try to reboot. It's the latter that most frequently leads me to reboot.
It might be because they installed new software or patches, but it might be because things are not working. The other thing that Acronis seems to be missing is why people reboot. I don't know how many times Windows automatically ran a check disk upon reboot after a hard reset necessary to get around this problem. It's also a major risk without this because it can literally corrupt a disk otherwise.
I don't know how Acronis could miss the fact that by keeping Windows from running, they are keeping real time tasks from running that can't be made up later (such as recording TV or relying on access to a current data set) and the whole point of backing up is supposed to be to accomplish the opposite. I appreciate this very much because it will keep me from losing data. Also, it should be smart enough to get rid of any partial backups or incremental backups and replace them by running a new backup. Assuming that a validation was running, it would make sense for the software to realize that upon startup, and then run it either from where it left off or from the beginning depending on what's feasible. Yet Acronis is so stubborn that they'd rather be a two star product at Amazon than fix what causes people to stay away from their software.īut the question is what happens next. The strange thing is that 100% of other software (rounded to the nearest fraction of a percent) has already figured that part out. That way you could abort your shutdown, or kill Acronis. Even more sensible would be that when Windows is shutting down, and tells you it's waiting for programs to exit, Acronis should be on the list. Too bad they don't add an official fix to the product. You'll never see the "Operations in Progress" blue screen of death ever again. When the window opens, click "Add" then browse to your batch file of enter "C:\KillAcronis.bat" Navigate in the first panel to "Windows Settings > Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)"ĭouble click on Shutdown in the right side pane.
In Windows 8 and 8.1, from the Start Screen, type "GPEDIT.MSC" In Windows Vista and 7, use RUN > GPEDIT.MSC I added the two "REM" lines to be able to find what I needed in the future if I have another senior moment. Also, save a copy in your documents directory or other backup folder for safekeeping. Save "KillAcronis.bat" to your C:\ root directory.
REM Go to Windows Settings > Scripts (Startup/Shutdown) > Shutdown > Add "C:\Acronis\KillAcronis.Bat
Through trial and error, endless Google searches to find the right combination of words, I final found what I needed.įirst, you need to create a batch file called "KillAcronis.bat" Use Notepad or similar text editor: As a computer user, it's not possible to fully understand what changes the tech is making to the computer. This is one of the failings of remote access. At the initial install, the tech set it up for me using remote access.
Because my 30 days of tech support had passed, Acronis would not tell me where to find the console for setting the batch file. Then the command to run the batch file was lost.
I have to credit a tech at Acronis with the batch file, and it worked fine until I upgraded with a clean install to Windows 8.1. Some programs (like Acronis True Image) use their own schedulers to overcome the system one's limitations.Ever since version 12, I have been going nuts over the "operations are in progress" blue screen of death (or color of your choice in Win 8, 8.1) when shut down or restart is attempted while Acronis True Image Home is running. As it was said, you can't do this in XP but can in Vista+.