What happens when you run SFC /SCAN

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Steve Howard

I have a WIN XP SP2 system, fully updated with security fixes, etc. Ran SFC
/SCAN and it asked for the original install CD to restore valid WIN XP
binaries.

What is the impact of this? Does it undo all the security fixes? Should it
ever be run after you finish running Windows Updates?

Got the advice to do this from Dell level 2 support and I'm rethinking this
to be bad advice.

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Steve said:
I have a WIN XP SP2 system, fully updated with security fixes, etc.
Ran SFC /SCAN and it asked for the original install CD to restore
valid WIN XP binaries.

What is the impact of this? Does it undo all the security fixes?
Should it ever be run after you finish running Windows Updates?

Got the advice to do this from Dell level 2 support and I'm
rethinking this to be bad advice.

s
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http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
 
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