On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:19:18 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
wrote:
"Repair" is on the original installation CD. How does it take service
pack updates into account? If all it knows about is the original
version of the files it's checking (and replacing) how does it know it
isn't looking at a service pack update of that file (corrupted or
not)?
If it finds the same file with a newer revision number (embedded)
or file date, it typically asks if you want to replace a newer version
with the older verison.
You're talking about "The 'repair' option for the OS installation"
which can only be understood as meaning a full Repair Installation.
This is a very large sledgehammer to crack the small nut of one
missing file! There are, indeed, issues with using a pre-SP2
installation CD to perform a Repair Installation on an updated
Windows. (You can slipstream SP2 into your installation disk, but I
confidently guarantee that Mike doesn't want to know that advanced bit
of computing technique :-)
Are you maybe confusing a Repair Installation with the System File
Checker, a much simpler utility?
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html