Re: How can I do a sfc /scannow
- From: "Nocturnal" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:48:03 -1000
Unfortunately this unit was upgraded to 2000 and I only have a full version
of 2000.
"DL" <dl@spoofmail> wrote in message
news:OYE%23mDdoFHA.1872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>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
> news:OQklbVXoFHA.4056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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