SFC gives conflicting results

Running Vista Home Premium.
No problems with system performance or behavior, but I was curious to see if
the System File Checker would find anything. Ran sfc with the /verifyonly
parameter.

Upon completion, it displayed "Windows Resource Protection found integrity
violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log."

Using the guidance in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228/en-us ("How
to analyze the log file entries....SFC.exe program generates..."), I
redirected the sfc entries to a separate file, sfcdetails.txt .

Reviewing that file, I see no indication of a problem; in fact, the results
look exactly like the example given in the above article for a situation
where sfc did not identify any problems with system files.

So it's not clear if there is anything to be concerned about. I could, of
course, run sfc in 'scannow' mode, but am hesitant since my system does not
seem to be broken. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Thought for the day:"If it is not broken, leave it alone!"
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"JohnDavid" wrote:

> Running Vista Home Premium.
> No problems with system performance or behavior, but I was curious to see if
> the System File Checker would find anything. Ran sfc with the /verifyonly
> parameter.
>
> Upon completion, it displayed "Windows Resource Protection found integrity
> violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log."
>
> Using the guidance in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228/en-us ("How
> to analyze the log file entries....SFC.exe program generates..."), I
> redirected the sfc entries to a separate file, sfcdetails.txt .
>
> Reviewing that file, I see no indication of a problem; in fact, the results
> look exactly like the example given in the above article for a situation
> where sfc did not identify any problems with system files.
>
> So it's not clear if there is anything to be concerned about. I could, of
> course, run sfc in 'scannow' mode, but am hesitant since my system does not
> seem to be broken. Any thoughts? Thanks.

But IS IT not broken? Is there a problem that SFC is 'aware of', but that
hasn't manifested itself yet in normal usage?

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Thought for the day:"If it is not broken, leave it alone!"
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "JohnDavid" wrote:
>
> > Running Vista Home Premium.
> > No problems with system performance or behavior, but I was curious to see if
> > the System File Checker would find anything. Ran sfc with the /verifyonly
> > parameter.
> >
> > Upon completion, it displayed "Windows Resource Protection found integrity
> > violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log."
> >
> > Using the guidance in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228/en-us ("How
> > to analyze the log file entries....SFC.exe program generates..."), I
> > redirected the sfc entries to a separate file, sfcdetails.txt .
> >
> > Reviewing that file, I see no indication of a problem; in fact, the results
> > look exactly like the example given in the above article for a situation
> > where sfc did not identify any problems with system files.
> >
> > So it's not clear if there is anything to be concerned about. I could, of
> > course, run sfc in 'scannow' mode, but am hesitant since my system does not
> > seem to be broken. Any thoughts? Thanks.

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:36:00 -0700, JohnDavid
<> wrote:

>Running Vista Home Premium.
>No problems with system performance or behavior, but I was curious to see if
>the System File Checker would find anything. Ran sfc with the /verifyonly
>parameter.
>
>Upon completion, it displayed "Windows Resource Protection found integrity
>violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log."
>
>Using the guidance in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228/en-us ("How
>to analyze the log file entries....SFC.exe program generates..."), I
>redirected the sfc entries to a separate file, sfcdetails.txt .
>
>Reviewing that file, I see no indication of a problem; in fact, the results
>look exactly like the example given in the above article for a situation
>where sfc did not identify any problems with system files.
>
>So it's not clear if there is anything to be concerned about. I could, of
>course, run sfc in 'scannow' mode, but am hesitant since my system does not
>seem to be broken. Any thoughts? Thanks.

I thought that the first time you ran system file checker it really
couldn't find anything, it just builds a table that it will use as
it's baseline the next time you run it and tell you which files have
changed.

That's not my understanding of how SFC works. I don't believe it relies on
a first 'baseline' run, but rather, utilizes a database (for want of a better
term) that reflects file versions that Vista expects to find. That database
should be updated whenever Windows updates are applied to the system.
Thanks for your response.

"Ashton Crusher" wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:36:00 -0700, JohnDavid
> <> wrote:
>
> >Running Vista Home Premium.
> >No problems with system performance or behavior, but I was curious to see if
> >the System File Checker would find anything. Ran sfc with the /verifyonly
> >parameter.
> >
> >Upon completion, it displayed "Windows Resource Protection found integrity
> >violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log."
> >
> >Using the guidance in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228/en-us ("How
> >to analyze the log file entries....SFC.exe program generates..."), I
> >redirected the sfc entries to a separate file, sfcdetails.txt .
> >
> >Reviewing that file, I see no indication of a problem; in fact, the results
> >look exactly like the example given in the above article for a situation
> >where sfc did not identify any problems with system files.
> >
> >So it's not clear if there is anything to be concerned about. I could, of
> >course, run sfc in 'scannow' mode, but am hesitant since my system does not
> >seem to be broken. Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
> I thought that the first time you ran system file checker it really
> couldn't find anything, it just builds a table that it will use as
> it's baseline the next time you run it and tell you which files have
> changed.
>