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I am having the sfc_os.dll error coming up when I load Itunes. I found a few

sfc files in my windows32 file

1st is sfc.dll

2nd is sfc

3rd is sfc_os.dll



I also have a sfc_os.dll file in the path c:users\Chuck\downloads\sfc_os.dll



Are all of these conflicting and causing the error.

I hesitate to remove any as I don't want to crash my computer. Anyone have

an answer and how do I fix it.


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Hi, Chuck.



First: Which version of Vista are you running? Home Basic? Vista Ultimate

x64 - or something in between?



I really think that your ITunes problem is somewhere else and that you are

chasing a bum steer.



Would that be the C:\Windows\system32 FOLDER? Not file. That folder holds

the heart of Vista, so don't mess with it unless you know what you are

doing - and why.



Those three files (sfc.dll, sfc.exe and sfc_os.dll) are all part of Vista

and should not be touched. (You probably don't have Folder Options set to

show extensions for known file types; that's why you don't see the .exe in

sfc.exe.)



That would be C:\Users\Chuck\downloads\sfc_os.dll



Could you please give more details about that file. How did you get it?

From where did you download it?

What is its size and date?



My copy of Vista Ultimate x86 has these 3 files:

09/16/2007 08:21 PM 4,608 sfc.dll

09/16/2007 08:16 PM 15,872 sfc.exe

09/16/2007 08:21 PM 38,912 sfc_os.dll

3 File(s) 59,392 bytes



Are your files the same dates and sizes?



RC

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R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)



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