File Copy Error: ayfjvwop.sys

julesdarcy

Trying to upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional.

This error appears: An error occurred when trying to copy ayfjvwop.sys.
The file is missing.

Anyone know where I could get it? Thanks.

julesdarcy

Trying to upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional.

This error appears: An error occurred when trying to copy ayfjvwop.sys.
The file is missing.

Anyone know where I could get it? Thanks.

Spear

Odd, there's nothing whatsover listed in that for in a quick Google search. That looks like a random file name, which doesn't bode well.

Capt'n Midnight

Why upgrade ?

mainly asking because of the price of an upgrade license.

If you upgrade a copy of OEM XP home then your upgrade license is forever bound to the motheboard the oem XP home was shipped with, and dies with it

if a retail XP home license or for almost any purpose you are better off doing a clean install

and BTW you can't use the OEM pro license to upgrade home , the license does not allow

the filename as was posted on your other thread sounds like junk , it might be a strange driver but that's only if you are lucky - run antimalware

I highly suspect that the mentioned file is a rootkit. There's no such file on any Windows XP media.

julesdarcy

I need to upgrade to XP Pro to run Microsoft Virtual PC. I'm doing an MCSA course and we use Virtual PC in class. The Practices in the books use the Virtual PCs with predefined setups. XP Home is not one of the supported operating systems to run Virtual PC.

Ya I couldn't find any match for that file on Google. I did a search on my own PC and nothing showed up. If it is malware, wouldn't Google reveal that?

By the way, if I skip installing the file and run the rest of the install, on rebooting, the boot stops because it says that file is missing. It must be needed for the operating system.

julesdarcy

This thread can be closed as there is a duplicate on this forum.

ActorSeeksJob

Ya I couldn't find any match for that file on Google. I did a search on my own PC and nothing showed up. If it is malware, wouldn't Google reveal that?

Na this isn't the case. Generally I come across a lot of randomly named malware files and folders that will get no hits on google. It sounds like malware, but could be related to something like Alcohol 120% or something. Would have to run some scans to find out.

julesdarcy

But if it is malware and look at my original post, the error said that the file was missing, so surely a scan would not show up anything??

ActorSeeksJob

Haha if only

Often the files can be missing, but the registry entries remain behind causing damage.

Gadgetman496

Is the disc you are using to upgrade Legit? or do you know?

It could be a disc that was tampered with too :rolleyes:

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julesdarcy

gadgetman496 wrote: »

Is the disc you are using to upgrade Legit? or do you know?-

It's not a disc. It's a folder containing files that I copied from a colleague. His installation worked fine.