Corrupt Win32 file

My Win32 file in Win XP Pro was corrupted by a virus. Once I allowed NAV to repair the file things stopped working in XP. How do I go about restoring the file?

 

Hello domingum,

Start > Run > cmd sfc /scannow and have your XP install disc handy.

Regards - Charles

 

Worked great...thanks. By the way, not familiar with that DOS command...what exactly does it do?

domingum

 

Hi domingum,

sfc - system file checker, retrieves the correct version of the file from %Systemroot%\System32\Dllcache or the Windows installation source files, and then replaces the incorrect file.

If you want to see what was replaced, right click My Computer > manage, expand event viewer > system.

Look here at this MS KB article for other sfc commands https://www.microsoft.com/technet/t...3/proddocs/datacenter/system_file_checker.asp

Regards - Charles