Re: LSASS.Exe problem. PC unable to boot up!



ITFreak wrote:
LSASS.Exe Error !!!!

Hi there...does anyone know how to resolve this error.??

You must get into the recovery console.

I had the same problem last week but with XP. Like you, I couldn't get into the recovery console due to administrator password problems. I knew the password, but the SAM file was corrupted apparently (this was XP).

I used one of the Linux tools to get around the Administrator password. At some point one of the tools gave the option to ignore the password for recovery boot. I first tried to recover the password thinking that I had changed it, then tried resetting it to something else, then tried eliminating it entirely, but none of those worked. I can't even remember which tool got me around it, but the next time I booted from floppies the recovery console didn't even ask for a password.

See: "http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/";
Also see: "http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm";
Also see: "http://www.windowsecurity.com/whitepapers/Windows_2000_allows_unauthorized_users_to_get_administrator_rights_on_computer.html";

The procedure I used, once I got past the administrator password, is detailed at "http://nordicgroup.us/xprecovery/recoveryxp.pdf";

Also check "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830570";

You might be able to put the problem drive onto another system with the same file system, then put the repair configuration files into the proper directory.
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