Re: Sfc /scannow

That is the $64,000 question! ;-)

If you get error messages telling you that dll's are missing you might want to run the command. If you are having problems and if Windows or Internet Explorer are not running properly you might want to run the command.

John

Roman King wrote:

How can you tell system files were overwritten or corrupted?

Roman



"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uhrdvjDEIHA.3980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you think system files have been overwritten or damaged or that they may be mismatched running SFC could fix things.

Description of the Windows File Protection feature
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193

John

Roman King wrote:


I would like to now under what situation I should use sfc/scannow.
When I had lots of problem with my computer, I could use sfc /scannow.
But I do not know what exactly sfc/ scannow does.
Please enlighten me. Thanks. Roman



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