got the diskshadow scripts working. Key was not having anything else in the backupscripts.d folder, which is burried down at the bottom of that KB.
jb
##freeze.bat##
del c:\windows\metadata\backup.cab
C:\Windows\System32\diskshadow -s c:\windows\shadowScript.txt
date /t >> c:\windows\metadata\callme.txt
time /t >> c:\windows\metadata\callme.txt
##shadowScript.txt##
delete shadows all
reset
set context persistent
add volume c: alias new1
add volume g: alias new2
set metadata c:\windows\metadata\backup.cab
create