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Today I stumbled upon this little error while installing my MS Visual Studio 2008. I went for a full install. Apparently the component "Microsoft SQL server VSS Writer" is responsible for this error message. By uninstalling the component, the issue dissappeared.

Now, what have I been uninstalling? I looked up what this SQL Server VSS Writer is and found this short definition:

SQL Server 2005 provides support for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) by providing a writer (the SQL writer) so that a third-party backup application can use the VSS framework to back up database files.

For more information:

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966520.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175536.aspx