>As directed from the ref guide, I changed my objects to '"C:\Research 
>Folder\*"'
>
>Now the schedlog shows every file on the machine backing up, so I am back to
>where I started.

Are you certain that this is the only client schedule associated with the
client...that there is no other server-defined schedule with a null Objects
spec such that the Incremental Backup is following the dictates of your
dsm.opt file (i.e., Domain specs, or absence thereof)?
Do 'Query ASSOCiation' to verify what schedules are associated with the client.
Do a full 'Query SCHedule Format=Detailed' to check for other schedules.
The client's Backup log should indicate exactly what it was dispatched to
do, so if you don't see "C:\Research Folder\*" reflected in it, something
else is likely going on.  Assure that there is no non-TSM time initiated
backup execution occurring.  Indirectly related: do 'dsmc query inclexcl'
to verify that any client- or server-based Include-Exclude lists are as
they should be.

If you made any client options changes, assure that you restarted the client
scheduler to absorb them.

If necessary, post the output of 'Query SCHedule ... Format=Detailed' on the
suspect client schedule, and the top 20 or so lines from the client log so
that we may evaluate that data.

  Richard Sims, BU