Cant Schedule Backup

Hello All,

I using sqlserver 6.5 and I am trying to schedule a backup and I get this error message, how can I resolve this? This is the error message I am getting:

"The SQLExecutive service is not currently running on this server. This prevents task backup-master from being run."

Thanks in Advance.How about starting SQLExecutive service? I'm sure it'll help a lot!|||how is that done. There doesn't seem to be a start up for that service or choice to start it up. The only check box is a startup autumatically when server startup.