Admin console letting you know if the system is in backup mode

So, users call in saying they can't restore or archive stuff, and you may be covering for someone to support EV, or just want a quick way of knowing if the system is working "as expected". We get a number of support calls and after investigating we find out the system is in "read only" (prior 8 this was the reg keys, and with 8 we now have powershell etc).

I have always thought that, when opening the VAC, the code should do a quick check and either give a pop-up and say "System is in backup mode" or some visual warning - will help out a lot I think :)