Vista Backup Failed - Error 0x80070005, Access Denied

Ran a routine backup using the Vista Backup and Restore Centre today and it failed to complete giving the following error:

Error 0x80070005, Access Denied

Quick search on Google threw up a few tech forum posts noting that various anti-virus software can cause this error. The backup has run successfully many times previously with Kaspersky active but I tried turning off Lavasoft's Ad-Aware and ran the Vista Backup agian. It completed successfully this time. Problem solved.

Useful link for similar problems is Common causes and solutions to Backup, System Restore, and Complete PC Backup problems on the Microsoft Storage Team Blog.

UPDATE: Got the same error again, first thought was that it was being caused by the folder on the NAS box it was backing up to having been set to Hide this shared folder in "My Network Places". Changing that didn't help, turns out it wanted Kaspersky Anti Virus turned off.

Website shows diamond with question mark character

Was working on a website which was showing a strange character that looks like a diamond with a question mark in. Last time I saw this happen it was corrected by specifying the character set as utf-8 with the following meta tag:

meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"

On this occasion the meta tag was already in place and it turns out that the page had a strange single apostrophe. In code view the single apostrophe is usually vertical but this one was slanted. Replacing with a regular one resolved the issue.