When you attempt to run the System File Checker (sfc.exe /scannow command) to restore missing or corrupted system files, the following error message may be seen:

Windows File Protection could not be initiate a scan of protected system files.
The specific code is 0x000006ba [The RPC Server is unavailable.]

This happens if the Windows File Protection (WFP) is disabled in the registry.

Editor’s Note: If you’ve used nLite to build custom Windows installation package, you may have enabled the Disable SFC (File Protection) checkbox, which disables WFP and the System File Checker.

Enable the System File Checker

Use the following steps to re-enable WFP.

1. Click Start, Run. Type Regedit.exe and press ENTER.

2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon

3. Double-click SFCDisable and set its Value data to 0

4. Exit the Registry Editor and restart Windows.

Registry Fix

Download sfcenable.zip and run the attached REG file. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Related Posts


Email SubscriptionPrefer an E-mail subscription?

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

5 Comments

  1. tahaa
    said this on Monday, December 7th 2009 4:02 pm

    did not work :(

  2. Austin
    said this on Wednesday, November 11th 2009 7:24 pm

    Thank you very much ;).

  3. Sachin
    said this on Sunday, July 26th 2009 1:38 am

    Hey, you’re absolutely super!!!

    Can you also write an article about SEO.. Thanks

  4. donguru
    said this on Wednesday, May 27th 2009 12:06 am

    Estupendo! ahora si puedo reparar mis archivos de sistema! gracias!

  5. Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shedeed
    said this on Friday, May 8th 2009 7:53 am

    Great, thanks.

Leave a Reply