Integrate a service pack and allow SFC to work

[dwalker59]

If you use nLite to integrate SP3 into a Windows XP Pro installation, and make no other changes (no features are removed) and burn a CD from that, and install Windows from that CD, is SFC /scannow expected to work? Does it need the original CD?

I used nLite to integrate SP3 into Windows XP Pro (from a CD which has an OEM version of Windows XP + SP2).

After I did that, there were some weirdnesses happening, so I decided to run SFC /scannow just for fun. I didn't have the CD handy, so I tried to point SFC to the folder where I had copied the entire installation CD to. SFC said that was not a valid Windows installation.

Is this expected to work? I also tried mucking around in the registry entries that point to the install source, and I set the CDInstall (whatever it's called) to zero, with no luck.

Is this supposed to work, or does nLite make SFC never work again?

Thanks.

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[johnhc]

dwalker59, I tried SFC on my nLited XP x64 on my VM and it would not run - getting a 6ba error (RPC Service not available (but it is)). I tried the fix, which is to install a certificate, but SFC continues to fail for the same reason. I tried it on my HW (with nLited XP x64) and it runs OK, but quickly asked for the CD (I did not insert it and canceled). I did find this article describing how to use SFC, including how to change the Registry to use a I386 file on your HDD. I am not sure from your post if you used the correct key. Please give it a try and let us know what you learn. I am not aware of any problems with running SFC on a nLited install. Enjoy, John.

EDIT: I had SFC turned off (nLite Options) and that stopped SFC scan from working. When I enabled it in the Registry and did a SFC /scannow on my VM it ran and worked fine. You said "some weirdnesses happening", but did not explain. Often when strange things happen to nLited installs it is because nLite has been run multiple times against the same source. You should always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folder and run nLite only once.

Edited February 4, 2010 by johnhc