ReadyNas Duo Frontview backup error with Windows 7 Pro (64)

IanWegg wrote:

For it to work at all you have to remove the Windows component Windows Live ID Sign-In Assistant. Stopping and disabling the service is not enough, you have to remove the entire programme. It requires a reboot, although I found that Backup worked even before I had. If you have this component on your system the backup appears to complete successfully but the log will show this: session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0 Files copied: 0

Well this has worked for me since I posted that fix ... until last week when Windows update installed Windows Live Essentials on my PC. Apparently one of the "essentials" is the dreaded Windows Live ID Sign-In Assistant which was not only reinstalled but now can't be deinstalled, as far as I can see. Stopping and disabling the service doesn't fix the problem but now actually prevents Mail from working which probably explains why the component is not seperately uninstallable anymore.

I tried an upgrade on the ReadyNas but there have been no updates since I last did it so it looks like the problem hasn't been fixed at the NAS end. I can't roll back Live Essentials without the risk of loosing my email so it looks like I'm stuck with this now, unless someone can suggest a fix?

~iw