Wednesday 26 September 2012

Repair damaged Windows system files

It can be very frustrating having to deal with error messages on your screen every time you boot up your computer, especially if it happens a lot and you do not understand what is wrong.

One error in particular that can be repaired quite easily is the "missing or corrupted DLL file" error.

Microsoft has the System File Checker utility built into the Windows Operating System which can find and repair damaged or corrupted system files on your Windows-based computer:
  1. Launch the command prompt - in Windows Vista/7 click on Start and type cmd. Right mouse click on the cmd entry and choose 'Run as administator".  In Windows XP, go to Start, Run, type cmd and hit enter on the keyboard.
  2. Type in sfc /scannow - it will take some time so you may as well go get a glass of juice and a sandwich in the meantime
  3. When the scan is complete you should be ok
Even if you're not having an "DLL file missing" errors you can still perform the task...better safe than sorry.

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