My XP PRO SP3 machine tends to slow down, and I get issues with explorer.
Here is the "winver" information :
Microsoft Windows
Version 5.1 , build 2600.xpsp_sp3_qfe.130704-1421 :Service Pack 3
With the PC acting odd (slowing down, occasionally freezing for a bit) I have scanned for malware, adware, virus issues (including root kits) "to death and beyond". I even got some help at BLEEPINGCOMPUTER. No dice. I wanted to make sure all my system files were good, and "sfc" is a good starting point.
At first I got an error message because the RPC service wasn't 'available' (here is it) :
--------- begin
C:\WINDOWS>sfc /scannow
Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific error code is 0x000006ba [The RPC server is unavailable.
].
C:\WINDOWS>
--------- end
I fixed that. The service was set to "manual" (thank you Microsoft for leaving services set up in useless ways).
After fixing that error, I got a new error (and yes I am doing this as admin). Here is the error:
------- begin ---------------------------
C:\>sfc /scannow
Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific error code is 0x000004dd [The operation being requested was not per
formed because the user has not logged on to the network.
The specified service does not exist.
].
C:\>
------- end ---------------------------
*** WHICH*** "specified service does not exist." ???
Incidentally, I have searched online and other people *have* had this issue - but none of their questions have been resolved. This remains a mystery. The error message dos not say anything useful.
*** SFC ANNOYANCES **
This whole "sfc" issue and the fact that there are no official tools that KNOW about system dependencies in a way that honors all of your OS updates, really ticks me off. It is an ongoing problem with MicroSlop operating systems.
It completely escapes me as to WHY Microsoft has ever made any OS, that is not intelligent enough to know which files are needed for which other programs, services, dlls (etc)....and how you must have your services set up for normal function. This is a serious "no brainer" as a basic necessity.
When you install parts of the OS (pick one of them) the default setting for the services are WRONG. For instance if you want to add in uPnp support, after you do so you must MANUALLY go in and change the settings on your services...why? DO they think you wanted it ABLE to run but you did not ever want it to REALLY RUN?
*** WHY NO SMART APPLICATIONS? ***
The OS also does not have a program that makes certain that all the service dependencies (and dll/ocx dependencies) are all sorted out - with proper versions installed and in the right places. If they did then RPC would not be set to MANUAL by default...and there would be an OS application that did all of this for you.
This is the SENSIBLE thing to do.
They also don't warn "tampering users" they are about to delete a resource that has dependencies. You ought to get a warning : "DEPENDENCY WARNING - "widget A" can't run without the presence of "thing B" so it's deletion will cause problems". That sort of info is WHY there is a registry.
Also *NOBODY* seems to have an application (one that isn't a scam) that fixes these sorts of "service settings", "service dependency" and "system resource dependency" issues - and does it all for you. The user should never have to know this much about the OS to get it to run. I don't need to know what a differential is, how it works & how to fic it - just to drive my car.
Even "sfc" is seriously flawed. It doesn't honor the existence of "Service packs", or other official updates. You can wind up crippling your machine by using it, and getting a bunch of seriously deprecated system resources that are incompatible with parts of your OS (ie, you HAD "Service pack 3" and about 15 "Microsoft Knowledge Base" installs on your machine, with half a dozen "Security Packs" - then you ran "sfc /scannow" and have roughly HALF of "Service Pack 3", none of the security pack updates function anymore, and you have a seriously unstable system.
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running so I fixed that.
After fixing that error, I got a new error (and yes I am doing this as admin). Here is the error:
------- begin ---------------------------
C:\>sfc /scannow
Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific error code is 0x000004dd [The operation being requested was not per
formed because the user has not logged on to the network.
The specified service does not exist.
].
C:\>
------- end ---------------------------
*** WHAT "specified service" does not exist? When RPC was the issue the error message told me the *name* of the service
So I went looking one, for where one person has an issue - many other have too. Having searched online, I did indeed find that a few other people *have* had this issue. No useful suggestion existed on those sites (ie not one of the people found an answer)
This whole "sfc" issue and the fact that there are no official tools that KNOW about system dependencies in a way that honors all of your OS updates, really ticks me off. It is an ongoing problem with MicroSlop operating systems.
It completely escapes me as to WHY Microsoft has ever made any OS, that is not intelligent enough to know which files are needed for which other programs, services, dlls (etc)....and how you must have your services set up for normal function. This is a serious "no brainer" as a basic necessity.
When you install parts of the OS (pick one of them) the default setting for the services are WRONG. For instance if you want to add in uPnp support, after you do so you must MANUALLY go in and change the settings on your services...why? DO they think you wanted it ABLE to run but you did not ever want it to REALLY RUN?
The OS also does not have a program that makes certain that all the service dependencies (and dll/ocx dependencies) are all sorted out - with proper versions installed and in the right places. If they did then RPC would not be set to MANUAL by default...and there would be an OS application that did all of this for you.
This is the SENSIBLE thing to do.
They also don't warn "tampering users" they are about to delete a resource that has dependencies. You ought to get a warning : "DEPENDENCY WARNING - "widget A" can't run without the presence of "thing B" so it's deletion will cause problems". That sort of info is WHY there is a registry.
Also *NOBODY* seems to have an application (one that isn't a scam) that fixes these sorts of "service settings", "service dependency" and "system resource dependency" issues, so that your OS runs properly. The user should never have to know this much about the OS to get it to run. I don't need to know what a differential is, how it works & how to fix or install one - just to drive my car. When i buy my car they do not give me a differntial that isn't hooked into the transmission (but microsoft does the equivalent).
Even "sfc" is seriously flawed. It doesn't honor the existence of official changes to the OS, like "Service packs", "Security Updates", Knowledge Base downloads, and such. These things are needed for the machine to work, yet "sfc" acts like they are invisible. It uses on your original OS cabs, or your install disk. This means that using it can wind up crippling your machine, with "sfc" lodaing a bunch of seriously deprecated system resources over the top of your CORRECT ones. That leaves once part of your OS incompatible with another (ie, you HAD "Service pack 3" and about 15 "Microsoft Knowledge Base" installs on your machine, with half a dozen "Security Packs" - then you ran "sfc /scannow" and now you have 'unknown fragments' of these left behind. You can wind up having a seriously unstable system.
I want a better answer; an application that knows about the inter-dependencies of the OS, makes certain all of your services are installed and in the right 'run states', and which also makes sure you have the right versions of all of the system files based on what YOU installed.
Here is the "winver" information :
Microsoft Windows
Version 5.1 , build 2600.xpsp_sp3_qfe.130704-1421 :Service Pack 3
With the PC acting odd (slowing down, occasionally freezing for a bit) I have scanned for malware, adware, virus issues (including root kits) "to death and beyond". I even got some help at BLEEPINGCOMPUTER. No dice. I wanted to make sure all my system files were good, and "sfc" is a good starting point.
At first I got an error message because the RPC service wasn't 'available' (here is it) :
--------- begin
C:\WINDOWS>sfc /scannow
Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific error code is 0x000006ba [The RPC server is unavailable.
].
C:\WINDOWS>
--------- end
I fixed that. The service was set to "manual" (thank you Microsoft for leaving services set up in useless ways).
After fixing that error, I got a new error (and yes I am doing this as admin). Here is the error:
------- begin ---------------------------
C:\>sfc /scannow
Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific error code is 0x000004dd [The operation being requested was not per
formed because the user has not logged on to the network.
The specified service does not exist.
].
C:\>
------- end ---------------------------
*** WHICH*** "specified service does not exist." ???
Incidentally, I have searched online and other people *have* had this issue - but none of their questions have been resolved. This remains a mystery. The error message dos not say anything useful.
*** SFC ANNOYANCES **
This whole "sfc" issue and the fact that there are no official tools that KNOW about system dependencies in a way that honors all of your OS updates, really ticks me off. It is an ongoing problem with MicroSlop operating systems.
It completely escapes me as to WHY Microsoft has ever made any OS, that is not intelligent enough to know which files are needed for which other programs, services, dlls (etc)....and how you must have your services set up for normal function. This is a serious "no brainer" as a basic necessity.
When you install parts of the OS (pick one of them) the default setting for the services are WRONG. For instance if you want to add in uPnp support, after you do so you must MANUALLY go in and change the settings on your services...why? DO they think you wanted it ABLE to run but you did not ever want it to REALLY RUN?
*** WHY NO SMART APPLICATIONS? ***
The OS also does not have a program that makes certain that all the service dependencies (and dll/ocx dependencies) are all sorted out - with proper versions installed and in the right places. If they did then RPC would not be set to MANUAL by default...and there would be an OS application that did all of this for you.
This is the SENSIBLE thing to do.
They also don't warn "tampering users" they are about to delete a resource that has dependencies. You ought to get a warning : "DEPENDENCY WARNING - "widget A" can't run without the presence of "thing B" so it's deletion will cause problems". That sort of info is WHY there is a registry.
Also *NOBODY* seems to have an application (one that isn't a scam) that fixes these sorts of "service settings", "service dependency" and "system resource dependency" issues - and does it all for you. The user should never have to know this much about the OS to get it to run. I don't need to know what a differential is, how it works & how to fic it - just to drive my car.
Even "sfc" is seriously flawed. It doesn't honor the existence of "Service packs", or other official updates. You can wind up crippling your machine by using it, and getting a bunch of seriously deprecated system resources that are incompatible with parts of your OS (ie, you HAD "Service pack 3" and about 15 "Microsoft Knowledge Base" installs on your machine, with half a dozen "Security Packs" - then you ran "sfc /scannow" and have roughly HALF of "Service Pack 3", none of the security pack updates function anymore, and you have a seriously unstable system.
-------end
running so I fixed that.
After fixing that error, I got a new error (and yes I am doing this as admin). Here is the error:
------- begin ---------------------------
C:\>sfc /scannow
Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific error code is 0x000004dd [The operation being requested was not per
formed because the user has not logged on to the network.
The specified service does not exist.
].
C:\>
------- end ---------------------------
*** WHAT "specified service" does not exist? When RPC was the issue the error message told me the *name* of the service
So I went looking one, for where one person has an issue - many other have too. Having searched online, I did indeed find that a few other people *have* had this issue. No useful suggestion existed on those sites (ie not one of the people found an answer)
This whole "sfc" issue and the fact that there are no official tools that KNOW about system dependencies in a way that honors all of your OS updates, really ticks me off. It is an ongoing problem with MicroSlop operating systems.
It completely escapes me as to WHY Microsoft has ever made any OS, that is not intelligent enough to know which files are needed for which other programs, services, dlls (etc)....and how you must have your services set up for normal function. This is a serious "no brainer" as a basic necessity.
When you install parts of the OS (pick one of them) the default setting for the services are WRONG. For instance if you want to add in uPnp support, after you do so you must MANUALLY go in and change the settings on your services...why? DO they think you wanted it ABLE to run but you did not ever want it to REALLY RUN?
The OS also does not have a program that makes certain that all the service dependencies (and dll/ocx dependencies) are all sorted out - with proper versions installed and in the right places. If they did then RPC would not be set to MANUAL by default...and there would be an OS application that did all of this for you.
This is the SENSIBLE thing to do.
They also don't warn "tampering users" they are about to delete a resource that has dependencies. You ought to get a warning : "DEPENDENCY WARNING - "widget A" can't run without the presence of "thing B" so it's deletion will cause problems". That sort of info is WHY there is a registry.
Also *NOBODY* seems to have an application (one that isn't a scam) that fixes these sorts of "service settings", "service dependency" and "system resource dependency" issues, so that your OS runs properly. The user should never have to know this much about the OS to get it to run. I don't need to know what a differential is, how it works & how to fix or install one - just to drive my car. When i buy my car they do not give me a differntial that isn't hooked into the transmission (but microsoft does the equivalent).
Even "sfc" is seriously flawed. It doesn't honor the existence of official changes to the OS, like "Service packs", "Security Updates", Knowledge Base downloads, and such. These things are needed for the machine to work, yet "sfc" acts like they are invisible. It uses on your original OS cabs, or your install disk. This means that using it can wind up crippling your machine, with "sfc" lodaing a bunch of seriously deprecated system resources over the top of your CORRECT ones. That leaves once part of your OS incompatible with another (ie, you HAD "Service pack 3" and about 15 "Microsoft Knowledge Base" installs on your machine, with half a dozen "Security Packs" - then you ran "sfc /scannow" and now you have 'unknown fragments' of these left behind. You can wind up having a seriously unstable system.
I want a better answer; an application that knows about the inter-dependencies of the OS, makes certain all of your services are installed and in the right 'run states', and which also makes sure you have the right versions of all of the system files based on what YOU installed.