You know what's annoying?
When you had an idea of something you wanted to look at the differences in, in SQL, but you didn't write down what you wanted to...

While I have no experience with the tool in question here, a fairly simple test to see if it's taking a "normal" SQL backup or doing something weird behind the...

Gotta love the days before a holiday weekend...
No one's really in the office and of the people who are, very little *work* is actually being done, it's more catch...

So, I'm presuming when SQL Express was installed, you didn't specify the service account, in which case the installer would've created the account.  As for why you didn't see it...

My troubleshooting mantra has largely been "always check the basics, even if you're *sure* the problem's not there."  Because all to frequently, it's going to be, it's going to be something you...

Seeing as getting on  newer version of SQL doesn't sound like an option (near-term) you're going to need to look into some other method.
Possibly setting up a job that...

You know all the cracks sysadmins make about people using their Recycle Bin or Deleted Items as "archive" storage?
Yeah, I did something similar and it came back to bite...