Does this work on a Windows 8.1 machine?
Thanks!

On 3/5/15, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If the scanner finds nothing, it will tell you, and there is nothing to
> worry about. If the scanner found corruptions and could fix them, it would
> have reported that it did so. If it had found corruptions that it could not
>
> fix, then it would be up to you to either run a repair on Windows, or do
> nothing, depending on how the corrupted files were affecting your computer's
>
> performance. The scanner does not offer anything further.
>
> Mike
> [email protected]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Lee
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 2:05 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] looking for a program to find and
> getridofWindowserrors
>
> bfout like in my case no corruptions were found so jaws  just said no
> corruptions were found and automatically quit the scanner, so if
> corruptions
> a found I do not know if the window with that notification will stay up.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Boyd
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 11:12 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] looking for a program to find and get
> ridofWindowserrors
>
>
>
> No, you can be doing something while the scan runs, but you might limit it
> to just one or two programs open at one time. Depending on how much memory
> (RAM) your computer has, you should be OK running at least one program
> while
> the scan runs at the same time.
>
> Mike
> [email protected]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dacia Cole
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 7:58 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] looking for a program to find and get rid
> ofWindowserrors
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks, I'll try it.  Do I have to not be doing anything else on the
> computer while it runs the scan?
>
> thanks,
>
> Dacia
>
> On 3/4/15, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You will want to open the Run dialogue box by pressing the Windows logo
>> key
>>
>> + the letter R. then type in "sfc /scannow" without the quotes of course,
>> and the system file checker will start scanning your Windows files for
>> missing and corrupted files. It should take less than an hour for the
>> scan
>> to run, and at the end, the scanner will report the system's status to
>> you.
>>
>> It will say that:
>>
>> 1. There were no corruptions found,
>> 2. That there were corruptions found and fixed, or
>> 3. There were Corruptions found, but they could not be repaired.
>>
>> If the latter one appears, you would need to run a repair on your
>> Windows,
>> using either a repair or the installation disk, and you will probably
>> need
>> some sighted assistance, as you have to boot into safe mode to accomplish
>> this.
>>
>> hth,
>> Mike
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dacia Cole
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 11:21 AM
>> To: jaws-users-list
>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] looking for a program to find and get rid of
>> Windowserrors
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for an accessible and free program that will aloow me to
>> search for, and fix Windows errors.  I have Windows 7 64-bit and JAWS
>> 16.  I'd like a specific step-by-step on how to find it and if
>> necessary if there are any special things about running it, please.
>>
>> Thanks for the help!!
>>
>> Dacia
>>
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