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telemetry client
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Discussions about the telemetry client on WindowsForum.com often involve troubleshooting corrupted system files related to the Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client component. Users report issues such as hash mismatches in files like utc.app.json and telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json, typically discovered after running System File Checker (SFC) following system crashes or errors. These problems are commonly seen on Windows 8.1 x64 systems. The telemetry client is a built-in Windows component responsible for collecting diagnostic data, and corruption can lead to SFC being unable to repair the files. Community advice focuses on using DISM or manual replacement of the corrupted files to restore system integrity.
I ran the SFC tool after my computer crashed while gaming online. I received the following error message.
Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"utc.app.json" of Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client, Version = 6.3.9600.17747, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral...