Fixing Issues Id'ed with scannow

[rak]

OK I should probably know the answer to this one, but I periodically run
scannow on vista x64, vista x86, and xp mce 2005 computers. Usually auto
repair works. Recently, on the mce 2005 computer I have begun to get
requests to insert the XP Professional SP3 cd's. Can I get around this? If
not, can I get cd's from MS for free or a nominal cost?

 

[Chad Harris]

OK I should probably know the answer to this one, but I periodically run
scannow on vista x64, vista x86, and xp mce 2005 computers. Usually auto
repair works. Recently, on the mce 2005 computer I have begun to get
requests to insert the XP Professional SP3 cd's. Can I get around this?
If not, can I get cd's from MS for free or a nominal cost?

Hi rak--

This is only an issue on XP. Why is a good question, since it underwent
Beta testing and is now on its 3rd Service Pack. XP released in 2001, and
it's 8 years later. You won't encounter it running SFC in Vista, or Win 7.
Here's how to stop that fro MVP Mark Liron's site:

How to use the Scannow SFC tool in Windows XP
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Making his changes works very well in XP.

Best,

CH

 

[rak]

Great info Chad and Night Hawk. I've read through the link provided and dug
out the original recovery disks I made. Tonight I'll go through the process
and report back. Thanks for your help.

 

[rak]

No luck. I went through all of the steps at Mark's site without success.
From my restore cd's I downloaded the i386 folder to root of C: and moved
the HKLM pointer in Windows Current Version from C:\Windows to C:\. Also
moved the Windows NT Current Version pointer from D:\i386 to C:\i386 and
checked to make sure that the HKLM ServicePackSourcePath is pointed
correctly. Restarted and tried scannow again. Unfortunately, I still get
numerous messages requesting that I install the XP Professional SP3
Installation CD. Seems to me that it is Service Pack related, but I really
don't want to reinstall SP3 just to run a successful scannow. Any other
thoughts?