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Answer» Hi, I'm on a Windows XP Home Toshiba laptop, SP3 and some problems seem to be creeping up.... Have you run a full scan with your AV app?Yes, a few times actually, I have had this problem for about a month now and just got around to trying to figure it out, my malwarebytes program found a couple of things last week (which surprised me, my Kaspersky works really well) and cleaned any infections, yet the problem remains.....So Kaspersky did find malware? Okay, If I were you I'd go to the malware forum on this site and follow the instructions in the ANNOUNCEMENT at the top of that forum. Might as well be 100% certain the system is malware-free before we start looking elsewhere.Quote SFC is supposed to close after running. It doesn't really "find errors", it replaces any modified or missing system files with their original versions.This is only partially TRUE, because in case of XP (this case), if sfc finds corrupted/missing file, it'll ask for Windows CD. It's not like Vista, which keeps backups for most of system files. I agree with Allan about going for malware check.Quote from: Broni on January 04, 2010, 05:27:36 PM This is only partially true, because in case of XP (this case), if sfc finds corrupted/missing file, it'll ask for Windows CD. It's not like Vista, which keeps backups for most of system files. XP keeps copies in dllcache, and a "precopy" folder can be set that contains what would normally be in the XP CD's i386 folder. (I'm not sure if it copies from dllcache, though) Also, Allan did say "replaces with their original versions"... just because he OMITTED where they are copied from doesn't make it incorrect However not all XP's system files are in .dllcache...which is why it will request the CD.Quote from: patio on January 04, 2010, 06:40:18 PM However not all XP's system files are in .dllcache...which is why it will request the CD. yes that too. I think that, if manufacturers have EVER done something right with a preinstalled environment, it was what I witnessed on my win98 laptop; a folder that contained the contents of the CD-ROM's "win98" folder. I think they did this with a few XP laptops. Basically, somehow they manage to make windows believe it was installed from that location, so that instead of prompting for the disc when required, it was able to search the "disc" (which was really a hard drive folder) and copy all the necessary files without prompting at all. This extended to anything that required the disk, not just SFC (which of course didn't exist in win98) but also to things like driver installs and so forth. On the other hand, it was the first folder that I deleted. (hey, it only has a 2GB hard disk...)Vista (I assume Win 7 too) is pretty good in that matter. It keeps system files copies (sometimes several copies) and I yet have to see Vista's "sfc" asking for any disk (most people don't have them anyway).Quote from: Broni on January 04, 2010, 07:53:13 PM (most people don't have them anyway). Which brings up the fact that they really should but manufacturers are too cheap to provide them. That has been always driving me nuts. Then, they're surprised, people use torrents to get that disk...You guys are correct that by default system file checker will ask for the XP CD to replace missing/changed/corrupt system files. However, the sourcepath in registry can easily be changed to look wherever you like. Still, my post above certainly could have been more clear In all the years i've been here when XP machines were being cranked out with no CDs provided i can count on one hand how many people were sharp enough to be pro-active and install the Recovery Console on their machine along with a copy of the i386 folder...... Yet this option was always out there... Probably the most famous and used line on here has been/was "i don't have an XP CD"... |
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