Quote Originally Posted by FastGame
Ok lets take it from there....

When your trying to fix your broken OS the least of worries should be being able to surf the net at the same time It not a worry, it's a bonus to be able to replace faulty files and not have to wait.

It doesn't matter if only one file needs to be replaced, "sfc /scannow is going to compair all system files with the files on the CD. If they aren't the same as on CD then they're going to be replaced=more than one on SP2 with all updates - good thing it compares all files. I have xp with sp2

[edit]= I'm not saying that people shouldn't do "sfc /scannow ", I'm saying I don't
I use up all available possible solutions (after trying the net boards for fix) based on convenience - the last three are repair, image, then format