Linux users have tripwire and aide to ensure that system files are in order and have not been replaced by malicious software. What about windows users? How do you ensure that your system files are in order and not messed up. Or is yours system not working properly and you suspect that a system file is corrupted. How are you gonna fix this? Luckily there is something already built into Vista... readon...

Microsoft has added some changes in the security of Windows in a profound way.  As such no one seems to be familiar with what was formerly called Mandatory Integrity Control. Presently the same feature is called Windows Integrity Control.  Windows Integrity Control is an idea planned for the defense of files against malware by identifying different levels of "reliability" on processes, objects and users. An example of such objects are folders and files.   Malicious

Windows Vista contains a service that will examine your computer for changed, corrupt, or missing files of system. This service is easy to run from the command prompt. As with all tools for the command-line need the administrator permissions.
 

Click the start menu inWindows Vista, in the Accessories menu right-click the command prompt and then click run as an administrator.
Once you have logged on as an administrator open the command prompt, run the utility for verifying the integrity of your system files by using the following syntax:

SFC [/SCANNOW] [/VERIFYONLY] [/SCANFILE=] [/VERIFYFILE=] [/OFFWINDIR= /OFFBOOTDIR=]

The most helpful command is simply to scan straight away, which will attempt and scan to repair the files that are corrupted or changed. Just key in at the command line: sfc /scannow
You can also authenticate the system file integrity by using the same program. By using the option sfc.exe /verifyonly you can check the reliability of Windows system files. It is suggested not to use the Sfc.exe option to scan automatically and fix the Windows system files. The System File Checker scans and verifies all the protected. This option can require a large amount of time.
 

This is the result if there are no violations of system integrity. If  problems occur with the Windows system files, you will need to examine the problem. For entire syntax of the command, run the command sfc.exe /?  in a command prompt.

This is an excellent tip... only thing the sfc tool could give more information. For that I give it less 1 cool smiley. Anyway none the less it is an essential tool that Microsoft included...

Comments (2)

	1. 11-07-2009 10:33
	Exstremely lovely site. Very impressed about all the lesson there are to learn and to know how much help is there also. Keep up the great work      life experience degrees Guest Report

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	2. 15-05-2009 05:04
	We need a free reimage site The SFC command is a good way to repair Windows files, but we need a complete way to get it. There is a online service called Reimage that repairs every damage of the Windows structure, but this service it is paid. We need a free one, like the free linux operative system, that could be supported with donations. I just wanna give an idea. http://www.catedralweb.com Guest Report

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