What is causing "The creation of a shadow copy has timed out"?
I have Windows 7 Home Premium and I get the error "The Creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try this operation again. (0x81000101)". I also get updates not completing. Trying to restart to complete an update will cause the computer to hang.
Note: Make sure to restart the computer back to normal startup follow step 7 in the link.
Step 3: Verify if these two services are running:
1.Volume Shadow Copy service
2.Windows backup
Also ensure that their dependency services are running. You can check this information from services.msc. Follow the steps below to check the services.
a)Go to start and type services.msc in the search field.
b)Locate the two services.
c)Right-Click on the service one at a time.
d)Select properties.
e)Go to Dependencies Tab.
f)Note the dependency services.
g)Make sure they’re also running.
h)To start a service, right click on it and select start.
Step 4: Turn off system restore and check if that helps.
Access the link below and follow the steps to turn System Restore on or off.