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SFC /SCANNOW crashes with sqmapi.dll error message
when I run sfc /scannow the following window pops up:
When I click "OK" the window closes and sfc begins, but aborts at around 25% with the message:sfc.exe - Bad Image
C:\Windows\system32\sqmapi.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support.
[OK]
Any suggestions?Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.
NOTE: this may be related to another problem which caused internet access to fail (Network & Sharing center said "No Network Available"), and prevented the Diagnostics Policy and Firewall services from running. Those problems were resolved by running the following instructions in a command window
and running MajorGeeks' Windows Repair Tool.net localgroup administrators localservice /add
net localgroup administrators networkservice /add
All malware scans are clean (MS Security Essentials, Malwarebytes, Adwcleaner), the Firewall is on, and everything appears to be working fine, but SFC won't run, and that concerns me.