Is there any known issue in running sfc in Windows XP?

[Guest]

I want to run sfc.exe in Windows XP but want to make sure that it won't have
any problem with service pack and hotfixes. I find an article that Windows
2000 requires SP4 to run sfc.exe correctly. Does XP need to be in SP2 or
later?

By the way, does sfc only detect windows dll but not dlls created by other
applications?

 

[NewScience]

Windows sfc /scannow checks that the drivers and dlls match what was
installed against what is actually on the system.

If you have not copied the i386 folder from the Windows XP Installation CD,
you will need the CD of what is installed on your system.

If you have installed SP2, and only have the SP1 Windows XP CD, you will
need to slipstream the SP2 servicepack with the i386 folder from the Windows
XP CD inorder for sfc /scannow to work.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"If you have installed SP2, and only have the SP1 Windows XP CD, you will
need to slipstream"
Probably not Necessary.
As long as the necessary files have not been deleted there is no need to
slipstream a CD for SFC to function properly.
The most you should need is the disk originally used to install Windows.

 

[NewScience]

And what happens when SFC compares SP1 files on the CD to the SP2 DLLCACHE
files on the system?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles".
Some people delete this file on the mistaken belief it is not needed.

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[Wesley Vogel]

%windir%\ServicePackFiles

Files and Folders Are Added to Your System After Service Pack Is Installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271484

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
ServicePackSourcePath, click Modify, type %windir%\ServicePackFiles, and
then click OK.

You are prompted to insert a Windows XP SP2 CD when you try to run the
System File Checker tool on a Windows XP SP2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900910

%windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder exists if the following conditions are
true:
* You installed Windows XP SP2 from a Windows XP SP2 CD that included SP2 as
part of the base installation.
* You downloaded and installed Windows XP SP2 from the Microsoft Web site.
* Windows XP SP2 was included with the computer.
from...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916261

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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