Disabling file protection

The file version of the system file is x. Windows File Protection Files that are required for Windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system stability, Windows must restore the original versions of these files. Note If an administrator is not logged on, WFP cannot display either of these dialog boxes. In this situation, WFP displays the dialog box after an administrator logs on. WFP may wait for an administrator to log on in the following scenarios:.

The SFCShowProgress registry entry is missing or is set to 1, and the server is set to scan every time that the computer starts. In this situation, WFP waits for a console logon. Therefore, the RPC server does not start until the scan is performed. The computer has no protection during this time. Note You can still map network drives, use system files, and use Terminal Services to log on to the server.

WFP does not consider these operations as a console logon, and keeps waiting indefinitely. WFP has to restore a file from a network share. This situation may occur if the file is not present in the Dllcache folder or if the file is corrupted. In this situation, WFP may not have the correct credentials to access the share from the network-based installation media.

At the end of GUI-mode Setup, the System File Checker tool scans all the protected files to make sure that they are not modified by programs that were installed by using an unattended installation. The System File Checker tool also checks all the catalog files that are used to track correct file versions.

If any of the catalog files are missing or damaged, WFP renames the affected catalog file and retrieves a cached version of that file from the cache folder. If a cached copy of the catalog file is not available in the cache folder, the WFP feature requests the appropriate media to retrieve a new copy of the catalog file. When you disable a protection group, you disable scheduled discovery of protected computers added to this protection group.

This may be required, for example, if a new version of Veeam Agent appears on a distribution server, and you do not want to deploy Veeam Agent to all protected computers at once. However, you can start the discovery process manually if needed. To learn more, see Rescanning Protection Group. To enable or disable File Anti-Virus on the Protection and Control tab of the main application window:. The component status icon , which is displayed on the left in the File Anti-Virus line, changes to the icon.

To enable or disable File Anti-Virus from the application settings window:. In the right part of the window, the settings of the File Anti-Virus component are displayed.

You should disable the minimum number of options for your needs. If you are working with files downloaded from a cloud-based or other online file service, then you only need to disable the first option.

It should stop protecting files that are in your Internet downloads folder. I get better results with disabling the first option that deals with files originating from the Internet.