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SFC /SCANNOW Question

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I have a ~5 year old Fujitsu laptop which, if memory serves, came with XP SP1 OEM, since updated to SP3 & kept up to date with all the security updates.

I've been trying to figuring out a problem with it being very slow, taking a long time to open some apps and running slow within apps.

The HD is less than 50% full.  I've done the usual stuff (CCleaner, etc.) to remove temp files and spiff the reg, multiple times, without any real change.  Ran MalwareBytes on it from another networked computer & it came up clean.

Ran sfc & got multiple prompts saying files from the original Windows XP SP3 disc or the Windows XP CD2 disc need to be copied to the DLL cache but, having no such discs, I canceled the file replacements & let it finish.

Do these prompts mean some system files are either corrupt or 'not the original files'?

Thanks!

 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 25
The computer connects to my network by wi-fi
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That I knew. That's what  iFrmewrk.exe is.

Quoting Daiwa, reply 25
USB cable sync
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If nothing in Device Manager is "yellowed out" get a new cable. Take the lap with you so you're not blowing money for nothing. If it works, get a good one. The phones will long out live that lap.

As far as the "slowness"; run this and re-boot. http://support.microsoft.com/mats/slow_windows_performance/

No joy:

Go into Services and disable every reference to Media Center....there's a ton of them and they're hogs. Additionally, they're fighing with itunes. Re-boot and see what you've got.

 

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting yrag, reply 26
If nothing in Device Manager is "yellowed out" get a new cable.
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Tried it with 2 cables, both of which work fine on another rig, so I think 'bad cable' is ruled out.

Let ya know after I run your link.  Thanks!

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yrag -

Went to that link & it says my OS (XP) is not supported.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

hummmmmm........ SP3 should have been supported..... oh well.

Let's assume the cables are fine. Did you try anything else in the USB port you're using?

Does your iphone connect via Wi-Fi?

 

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top

It's MCE, you recall.  I'll try (when I can sereptitiously access the rig) disabling all the MCE-related stuff in MSConfig.  I'll also move the keyboard or mouse to that port & let you know.

The OS/Explorer sees the device (as a camera), but iTunes fails to see it.  The phone connects to my wireless network, but I've not enabled wireless updating in iTunes yet.  Need to do a little reconnoitering to be sure it doesn't update when I don't want it to before I flip that switch.

And thanks again for your advice & help. :beer:

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh yeah....forgot it was MCE (a really dead OS).

One aside:

Quoting Daiwa, reply 30
disabling all the MCE-related stuff in MSConfig
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Disable in Services, not msconfig.

.....carry on.

 

Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top

10-4.  I meant to say Services.  Yeah, that's right.... that's what I meant. ;)

Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top

Found only 3 Media Center specific services which I disabled, but no improvement in performance and iTunes still doesn't 'see' our iPhones.

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 33
no improvement in performance
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99% of this thread is well beyond me, but anytime I see laptop performance 2 things immediately come to mind:

Does it have enough physical RAM on it - not unusual that they ship skimpy

When was the last time the hard drive was defragged - a drive can have lots of free space and still be fragmented into oblivion

Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top

Thanks for chiming in, DaveRI.  It's an XP machine with 2GB of RAM which was suitably zippy in its youth.  And I have SmartDefrag2 running on it.  FWIW, it has >50% free space on the HD.

It has another issue, it just occurred to me, which might have a bearing.  For some time now, the CD drive has been inaccessible - can't play a music CD or install software from it.  Since neither have been needed for many moons, hadn't thought about it.

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think that you should scan for malware (if you haven't tried with a few different tools)... FCleaner has an online scanner, Malwarebytes' app, and run a third as well. http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.aspx and http://free.antivirus.com/rootkit-buster/  for any rootkits....

I still wonder if you installed that MS 'fix' or subsequent MS Security update vs. Duqu - as they would pevent sfc /scannow from running to completion.

 

 

Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top

Hey, Doc.  I've run MWB multiple times, always comes up clean.  The Mr. Fixit utility that Gary pointed me to wouldn't run on XPMCE - the site prompted with that message & declined to let it run, I didn't 'try it & it failed'.

Not sure about the MS Security update vs. Duqu - that was rather recent, wasn't it?  The performance & CD issues have been around a long time; the only new/recent issue is the failure of iTunes to see our iPhones.

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The first patch (work around) appeared 11/2011.

The "update" appeared in 12/2011.

 

 

Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top

The problem with seeing the iPhones is only since some time in January, so we'll see if Gary thinks those security updates might have anything to do with it.  No problem with iTunes seeing the phones on my Win7 rig, though, & presumably the updates applied to both OS's.

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 39
The problem with seeing the iPhones is only since some time in January, so we'll see if Gary thinks those security updates might have anything to do with it. No problem with iTunes seeing the phones on my Win7 rig, though, & presumably the updates applied to both OS's.
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Doubtful

Quoting Daiwa, reply 35
the CD drive has been inaccessible
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Disconnect it  

Quoting Daiwa, reply 25
The computer connects to my network by wi-f
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I'll assume the iPhone connects. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/acrosync-wifi-sync-all-your/id428846549?mt=8 Try the free version, see if it syncs via wi-fi.

As for a USB tether....is iTunes opening when you plug in and drawing a blank?

Start/ All Programs/ Accessories/ Scanner and Camera Wizard

iPhone show there by chance?

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting yrag, reply 40
Quoting Daiwa,
reply 35
the CD drive has been inaccessible

Disconnect it
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Download and install appropriate drivers fix that? :)