Re: SAM initialization error - The security ID structure is invalid. Error Status 0xc0000078

From: Eric Fitzgerald [MS] (ericf@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/31/02


From: "Eric Fitzgerald [MS]" <ericf@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:16:37 -0800


And since registry corruption is almost always disk-related, you need to
troubleshoot your disk hardware (disk and controller) to make sure that
they're both operating without error.

Eric

"Max Topley" <mtj2@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:7mj2suoerfeiubsf2u96e8ci1b7qretg2b@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:50:49 -0000, WB IT wrote:
>
> >But the machine wont boot, either normally or in safe mode, I've tried
"Last
> >known good config" with no success.
> >
> >How would I go about restoring the registry?
>
> You can use your system recovery disk, provided you've created one
> sufficiently recently. If you haven't got one, then there's not a lot
> you can do without some very specialised tools that allow you to boot
> from CD and patch up the registry.
>
> --
> Max



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