Windows Mesg

[Perseus7]

I run a Lenovo H520E computer bought on 8 December 2014, my anti virus ware is Norton.

I am being plagued by the following;
Windows Bad Image
Exception Processing Msg 0xc000007b.
  This Msg has now started  Explorer-exe Bad image  c:\program Data

What can I do to stop these annoying messages?

Cheers
 Syd
 

[SuperDave]

When do you receive those messages and what OS are you running?

[Perseus7]

Many thanks for your reply.

I am running windows 8.1 and the windows msg is appearing every one/two minutes. even as I write , up comes  Windows -Bad Image
Cheers Syd

[SuperDave]

Windows 8.1 comes with its own AV called Windows Defender. If you're running another AV make sure that WD is disabled.

To Run the SFC /SCANNOW Command in Windows 7
1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. To Scan and Repair System Files
NOTE: Scans the integrity of all protected system files and repairs the system files if needed.
A) In the elevated command prompt, type sfc /scannow and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This may take some time to finish.



B) Go to step 4.

3. To Only Verify if the System Files are Corrupted
NOTE: Scans and only verifies the integrity of all proteced system files only.
A) In the elevated command prompt, type sfc /verifyonly and press Enter.

4. When the scan is complete, hopefully you will see all is ok like the screenshot below.
NOTE: If not, then you can attempt to run a System Restore using a restore point dated before the bad file occured to fix it. You may need to repeat doing a System Restore until you find a older restore point that may work.



5. When done, close the elevated command prompt.