RE: Invalid handle error

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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:17:03 -0700

I have exactly the same problem as Brendan. I have up to date virus
protection and firewall and Microsoft Windows XP updates are automatic. The
virus scan ran just hours before the problem appeared and nothing was found.
Has anyone found a solution that will help me please?

"Brendan H" wrote:

> Can anyone help me with my problem. Twice in the last month while using my
> computer it shut down and restarted showing the error:
>
> lsass.exe - System Error
> Security Accounts Manager initialization failed because of the following
> error: The handle is invalid.
> Error Status: 0xc0000008. Please click OK to shutdown this system and reboot
> into Safe Mode, check the event log for more detailed information.
>
> I can not get into Safe Mode or any other mode and everytime I click OK on
> the message the computer shuts down and restarts showing this error message
> again. The only way I have got my computer working again is to reinstall
> Windows XP and and all my programs as everything on C drive is lost. I tried
> to just repair my hard drive by selecting the repair option instead of
> reinstalling XP but this does not work as the error still occurs. I lost a
> lot of files including holiday photos because of this problem and would
> appreciate any help so this doen't happen again. My computer is set to
> automatically download the latest security updates from Microsoft and I also
> use Ad-aware and Spybot but this did not stop the error occurring.

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