Windows 10: SFC and DISM for ESS issues

Discus and support SFC and DISM for ESS issues in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello,I have some issues with ess not working. At the start it was working. Now there are problems starting the secure service in biometric service... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by lelieee, Apr 16, 2025.

  1. lelieee Win User

    SFC and DISM for ESS issues


    Hello,I have some issues with ess not working. At the start it was working. Now there are problems starting the secure service in biometric service event viewer logs. Should I try SFC and DISM? Could they solve the issue?Thank you for your help

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    lelieee, Apr 16, 2025
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  2. RejZoR Win User

    How to get damn DISM to work?

    Thx guys, I'll compress this data into a blog post. For all the so called guides I've read, not a single one mentioned it has to be WIM file (some listed even ESD which clearly doesn't work) or that certain ISO images don't work with DISM.

    After I've done DISM thingie, SFC also managed to repair stuff. Which is what I've needed here.
     
    RejZoR, Apr 16, 2025
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  3. RejZoR Win User
    Can't get SFC and DISM to work anymore on Win10

    Ok, can someone help me out because this crap is starting to piss me off. There was once a time when you could simply run SFC and DISM to check Windows files integrity and if there were any problems found with the local files, Windows repaired it automatically. The reason why I want to run this is because I'm getting stupendously huge amount of errors and warnings in Event Viewer, but I don't want to run refresh because it'll mess up tons of apps.

    Commands I used:
    sfc /scannow
    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

    Fast forward few years and we now have glorious Windows 10. Trying to run the same tools, they find errors but stubbornly refuse to fix ANYTHING. What's the god damn point of it then?

    Sfc finds issues but can't repair them and DISM constantly bitches how it can't find the source. All this used to work directly in Windows 7, but in Win 10, nothing. This was one of the best features to get OS back in good state and they go and ruin it. Because Microsoft!

    I've checked this thread:
    https://social.technet.microsoft.co...sfc-failed-to-repair?forum=win10itprohardware

    Nothing worked. And they keep mentioning install.wim where my Windows image downloaded from Microsoft itself! only carries install.esd which I can't seem to use with anything.

    I've also tried this tool:
    https://dismgui.codeplex.com/releases/view/133331

    Which again wants .wim file and refuses to work with esd.
     
    RejZoR, Apr 16, 2025
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  4. OneMoar Win User

    SFC and DISM for ESS issues

    How to get damn DISM to work?

    you need to run DISM first before running SFC
    SFC query's the local component stores to make repairs
    DISM is targeted for rebuilding the component stores and a offline image the 'live' section is still handled by SFC in some cases
    except on windows 8.1 and up because they changed it
    but only for certain files and only if x part of the store is corrupt
    so yea pretty confusing eh
     
    OneMoar, Apr 16, 2025
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