For the past few days, whenever I start Backup Exec it loads partially, then immediately stops and switches to "not responding". It does not seem to generate any errors that I can find, and never progresses past this point.
In the "Applications" tab of Task Manager, I see two entries for backup exec, both identical except that one has the backup exec icon, the other has a default windows "blank window" icon. Both say Not responding.
The BkupExec.exe process is listed in processes. All Backup Exec services are listed.
When I stop the Backup Exec Server service, the client almost immediately prompts me for username and password, when I put them in, it gives me an error saying that the service is not running (so clearly the client itself is still responsive). If I open services and start all services, it connects right away and goes back to "not responding".
This started with 12.0, I just upgraded to 12.5 thinking that may solve the issue, but it did not.
I'm running Windows 2003 SBS SP2.
Any suggestions for how to troubleshoot this?