Well, it was a nice thought. I ran Amazing Automator "as administrator" but no back up was made to the primary (AC folder) or secondary (USB drive) locations.
If it's working for most everyone else, then I guess it's working, and just something up in my system...if only I could figure that out. Hmmm...........
My IT man says I should try to run the automator in compatibility mode for XP; sometimes that will resolve strange behavior.