Re: lsass.exe

From: Sergio Dutra [MS] (sergiod@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/16/02 

From: "Sergio Dutra [MS]" <sergiod@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:58:01 -0700

You can boot from the XP CD-ROM and select the option to use the recovery
console. This will give you a console window. See Q229716 for more detail on
the recovery console. 

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"Loaf" <twloehfelm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2ef801c1fab1$ac25fa50$9be62ecf@tkmsftngxa03...
> After installing some software in Windows XP Home, I went
> to reboot my Toshiba laptop.  When it tried to restart, it
> went to the black "Windows XP loading" screen as usual, but
> then I got the following error message:
>
> "System error lsass.exe:
> When trying to update a password the return status
> indicates that the value provided as the current password
> is not correct."
>
> The computer then shut-down by itself, and rebooted again.
>  It kept doing this in an endless cycle.  I tried starting
> in Safe mode and Last Known Good, but got the same endless
> cycle everytime.
>
> Q316134 seems to describe the issue, with the exception of
> the endless cycling.  My question is: is there anyway to
> boot up XP to a command prompt, or does windows have to
> load first.  Is there anything I can do to at least boot up
> to a place where I can do something?  THe endless cycle
> prevents me from doing anything to try to fix the problem.

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