Re: Critical updates after using the Windows System File Checker

From: Gene K (genekRE_at_MOVEolivianc.net)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 20:45:57 -0400

Tony wrote:
> I am right up to date with the critical updates on my Windows XP
> Professional system.
>
> However, I've just had some problems with spyware deleting at least
> one system file (notepad) and so, following a tip in a forum, I ran
> the System File Checker to check whether any other system files had
> been deleted or replaced. I used the command:
>
> sfc /scannow
>
> which called for my original installation CD. Except for the
> progress bar, the System File Checker did not report any missing
> files, or indicate that it had replaced any file. (Is there a log
> somewhere of what it did?)
>
> However, it has now occurred to me that, if it did replace any files,
> it might have undone some of the critical updates. Might this be
> correct? If so, what is the simplest/quickest way of restoring the
> critical updates? Although the Windows Update site allows you to view
> your installation history, it does not give you the option simply to
> reapply the updates.
>
> Do I have to uninstall as many of the updates as I can from Add/Remove
> programs, and then reinstall them? If I do uninstall them all, can I
> use the Windows Update site to reapply them?
If it called on you to insert the Windows CD, it apparently found a need to
repair/restore a needed file. I cannot answer the question about a Log, if
any. The question occurs to me, did it re-instate the missing Notepad? Can
you now use it?
Until some knowlegeable person answers, LEAVE the updates as they are. I
frankly doubt you need to do anything. 

-- 
Gene K

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