Re: Win2000 boot message

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 04/27/05 

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:56:12 -0700

Unless things have changed, that method is of no use for this,
which is a failure of the lsass to initialize. When I have seen
this it has been from a disk corruption, sometimes apparently
from ill-timed and ungraceful shutdown, leaving the secrets
needed to initalize in an intermediate update state (my guess).

MS eventually did publish a KB on recovery but I will be if
I can put a finger on the one I am thinking of right now.
There is a similar, for XP, but with different error status code
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316751
The poster might cautiously try methods 1 and 2, which would not
hurt if what is there is not removed by just moved or renamed so
going back would be possible. No one wants to try method 3
but for years (since NT4) it was the only solution I had seen work.

As an aside, trying to find this did find for me again that curious KB
about issues when one tries to name a domain machine Internet :-)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;273875 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uXc0bqPSFHA.2252@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Try booting from the install cdrom to repair the operating system with the
> fast repair option. That procedure may try to repair by using the sam file
> and or other files in the \winnt\repair folder. If that works you may find
> that your user accounts in the local sam has changed and if you have a
> recent System State backup for that computer you could then use it to
update
> the computer to the time where that System State backup was done. The link
> below has more details.  --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;238359
>
> "Hermione" <Hermione@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA2FFC1D-CD3A-422B-9D7D-D704A2C85BD9@microsoft.com...
> > My W2000 machine crashed this am. On re-boot I get the  following error:
> > LSASS.EXE - System Error - Security accounts manager  initialization
> > failed
> > because of the following error: the security id structure is invalid.
> > Error
> > status
> > 0xc0000078. Please click OK to shutdown this system and reboot into
> > safemode, check the event log for more  detailed information.
> >
> > Rebooting via PF8 into safe mode generates the same error. I am unable
to
> > get back into the system.
> >
> > The machine is not a Domain controller and no recent changes have been
> > made
> > to the machine configuration.
> >
> > How do I get back in to the machine?
> >
> > How do I repair the security id structure?
> >
> >
> > Thanks and please help
>
>

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