sfc scan problems 22H2

Jason,

jvesagie said:

Sorry for the delay . Maybe ive gone off the deepend and forgotten things with age . Please tell me if im wrong . the only reason why you get integrity errors on SFC when there is nothing wrong ' is because the files that are been checked against is the ISO install that you used originally . So if that is the case , if the windows updates that have happened since the install , which do not update the ISO install at all , means once you change/update the ISO its checking the system files against , you will not get any integrity issues . Possibly something has changed but i definetly don't know if it has , and if it has changed there no mention of it anywhere i can find

Well, almost.
If an update alters system files then it is supposed to do two things:
- Create a backup copy of the new file in a location that SFC uses to do its comparison, and
- Alter the SFC 'manifest' so that SFC knows what it is supposed to be checking.
Sometimes updates get it wrong, as discussed earlier in the thread.

jvesagie said:

... you never have to reset windows ...

The most effective protection against any need to reset or take other drastic action is to make frequent system images.
I make a new one each month & I keep several of the old ones.
If an update were to wreck my Windows then I'd restore the system image.
- I'd try to fix the fault.
- If I was not able to, I'd try to uninstall the update.
- If the fault persisted, I'd restore the last system image.
- Then I'd try to update again.



All the best,
Denis