SFC cannot fix corrupted files in Windows 7 -- Windows Update for May 2015?

Anonymous
2015-05-14T15:47:58+00:00

I believe we have a system wide problem!  No, I am not kidding.  I routinely run SFC on computers and it almost always returns a report of no problems or not often but sometimes reports that it found problems and fixed them.  Rarely, it reports corruption found and not fixed.  In those instances the only way I know to fix this in Windows 7 is to re-build the OS.

 In the past several days I have run SFC on 5 different computers all running Windows 7, but in different places, used by different people. 

All report SFC found corrupted files and was unable to fix them.

I do not know if there is corruption, if SFC is itself incorrect, let alone how to fix this.  There is suspicion that the May 2015 patches may have caused this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T07:59:06+00:00

    KB3022345 is on a "list" of sort of potentially invasive/nosy/suspicious/troublesome updates that one might consider declining, uninstalling if you have them and then hiding them so they are not offered again.

    Here are some others:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/unable-to-install-kb2952664-successfully/ec2eb30b-c478-42a4-852e-769f3f723263

    I'm going to start calling them PUUs - Potentially Unwanted Updates.

    P.S.  If anyone sees an error message it would be helpful to actually describe exactly what the error message says and when you see it instead of just stating "I have an error".

    Chances are somebody has already figured out what the error means and how to fix it.  Stating the error will likely save at least two message cycles - one to ask what is the error and another to reply with what the error says.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T11:53:02+00:00

    I'm going to start calling the PUUs - Potentially Unwanted Updates.

    Mistype? Calling or culling?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T12:41:29+00:00

    You know how there are PUMs (Potentially Unwanted Modifications) and PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs).

    Now I have PUUs.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T13:22:49+00:00

    There have always been  PUUs! We used to disregard Microsoft third party drivers.

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