Backup And Restore Panel Not Working

After a clean install and all the programs i need/ want loaded, the Backup and Restore functions of Windows no longer work.

This hasn't happened any other time, except with this particular install of Windows, but i can't for the life of me find how to fix it from googling for a solution.

[i did find something that had to do with context menus from 3rd party programs making it not work, but it doesn't seem to apply to me as i don't usually use programs that alter context menus (except for winrar and adobe) i have also run MSE and Spybot (spybot doesn't matter much i know) and checked the integrity of windows system files (which turned out fine)]

When i open control panel, open system and security, and find the backup and restore panel with such options as "backup your computer" and restore files" - or - search for backup and restore from the start menu, what happens is it does not respond at all to me clicking on it - zero response except for a micro second (hardly noticeable) of a loading curser the first time only, then nothing.

I have also checked if the service is running after i click "backup and restore" it isn't, but even if i start it manually and try again, still nothing.

My rig is in my sig, computer is updated to the best of my knowledge and here is a list of the programs that i have installed:

3DMark VantageFuturemark Corporation
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro - English, Français, DeutschAdobe Systems
Adobe AIRAdobe Systems Inc.

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