WarHorse47
November 8th, 2017, 06:06
This seems to be the section where member's post questions on computer issues, so here goes...
I'm running Windows 8.1, and am not having any OS issues. However, the other day when I looked at the event log I noticed error messages indicating the SRUDB.dat database was corrupt. The errors are recorded every hour on the hour indicating that some program or service was attempting to write to the file and generating the error.
In researching the cause and solution, I got overwhelmed with the information and am not sure what direction to take. I've done a full scan of my computer for malware and viruses, and found nothing. One solution was to perform a cold boot and through a process of elimination try to identify which service or program was causing the error. Another solution was to use an MS utility (sfc) to scan the OS and repair (possibly) any corrupt files.
The computer is running fine. I'm not sure if I should attempt to fix the problem or just let it ride as there has been no performance issues that I can detect. Or I could have a technician take a look and do a repair. Last thing I want to do is a reinstall of Windows and chance losing any flight sim installs among other things.
Anyone ever encounter this type of issue? Am looking for some advice or commentary to logic this thing out.
Thanks in advance.
I'm running Windows 8.1, and am not having any OS issues. However, the other day when I looked at the event log I noticed error messages indicating the SRUDB.dat database was corrupt. The errors are recorded every hour on the hour indicating that some program or service was attempting to write to the file and generating the error.
In researching the cause and solution, I got overwhelmed with the information and am not sure what direction to take. I've done a full scan of my computer for malware and viruses, and found nothing. One solution was to perform a cold boot and through a process of elimination try to identify which service or program was causing the error. Another solution was to use an MS utility (sfc) to scan the OS and repair (possibly) any corrupt files.
The computer is running fine. I'm not sure if I should attempt to fix the problem or just let it ride as there has been no performance issues that I can detect. Or I could have a technician take a look and do a repair. Last thing I want to do is a reinstall of Windows and chance losing any flight sim installs among other things.
Anyone ever encounter this type of issue? Am looking for some advice or commentary to logic this thing out.
Thanks in advance.