Re: How can I do a sfc /scannow
- From: "DL" <dl@spoofmail>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:38:25 +0100
I may be wrong but I believe you can run sfc using any win2k disk, that is
the same version as the origonal install.
"Nocturnal" <nocturnal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Without having the original CD that was used to install Windows?
>
> I'm fixing a computer for a client and they don't have the original
Windows
> CD so I am having a hard time figuring out what might be happening with
> their Windows Updates.
>
> Can anyone help me out here? I have a huge problem with Windows Updates.
I
> fix computers for a living and this is for a client's PC. The client PC
is
> running Windows 2000 Professional Edition.
>
>
>
> I'm having issues with Windows Updates. Prior to getting to this point I
> removed a lot of spyware including Look2Me. I had to use a L2MFix remover
> which did take control of some registry keys as well as deleted some
> registry keys. I don't know if this is the exact cause of my current
issues
> but I just thought I'd throw this out there.
>
>
>
> I've searched all of Google's Groups as well as exhausted all options on
> Microsoft's Newsgroups. Whenever I attempt to use Windows Update, it will
> download all available updates but as soon as it says initializing
> installation, every single download fails to install. I go straight to my
> WindowsUpdate.log and find that error # 0x80240020 is the culprit which
> means something along the lines of there was no INTERACTIVE USER to input
> data.
>
>
>
> I've renamed and deleted the SoftwareDistribution folder, re-registered
> numerous .dlls, almost everything and anything I can think of. The
> administrator group includes my user name as well as test user names I
> created in hopes I could get the other user accounts to do the Windows
> Updates.
>
>
>
> Now I'm wondering if anyone here has any extensive knowledge on how
Windows
> Updates works. I'd like to know exactly what it looks for before going
> ahead with the installation of the downloads.
>
>
>
> People are speculating that it is some type of permissions issue. I've
also
> had this issue come up with a Windows XP Home installation. To alleviate
> the WinXP Home problem I just did an overlay of the OS. However, I do not
> have a Windows 2000 Pro Upgrade CD so I cannot do an overlay at this time.
>
>
>
> I'd love for more than anything to solve this issue. Even Microsoft
> themselves cannot seem to solve this issue. I've been talking to them
> through e-mails and we are still unable to resolve this situation.
>
>
>
> I know this is long and drawn out, so here are some cliff notes:
>
>
>
> CLIFFS:
>
>
> Windows 2000 Pro installation
>
> Removed spyware
>
> Unable to do Windows Updates
>
> Receiving error: 0x80240020 which means no interactive user available to
> input data
>
> Need to resolve said error
>
> Tried numerous things and nothing has worked
>
> I believe it has something to do with the registry permissions and or some
> other type of Local Policy Settings
>
>
>
>
> --
> Nocturnal
>
>
>
.
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