WFP is designed to protect the contents of the Windows folder. Rather than preventing any modifications to the entire folder, WFP protects specific file types, such as SYS, EXE, DLL, OCX, FON, and TTF ...

If working in IT has taught me anything, it is that many computer issues truly can be resolved with a reboot. If I’ve learned two things, though, it is that a myriad of remaining Windows issues can be ...

To check, scan and restore a potentially corrupted system file, run Command Prompt as Administrator. The command to be used is: If System File Checker finds corruption, and it is successfully able to ...

How to scan and repair corrupted system files in Windows 11 Your email has been sent One inescapable truth of using computer technology is that eventually, and probably inexplicably, it will fail you ...

Like the proverbial bad penny, the Diagnostic Tracking Service patch KB 3022345 appears to be corrupting Windows files — or at least, convincing Microsoft’s System File Checker SFC /scannow command ...

Microsoft broke its built-in antivirus utility, thanks to a patch for a different issue. A broken Microsoft Windows Defender signature file that was causing system file checks to fail got a patch this ...