Lsass.exe problems, Very important!!!

[Daniel Sandberg]

Hello!

I got a big problem!
I have a laptop, Packard bells easy one silver Combo 3121, and a fews
days ago I was going to watch some dvds from it on a TV. The problem
is that the screen on the laptop went blank and in my supreme
foolishness I started up the Advanced Windows start options and took
"Last working configuration". Now I can´t get into to Windows because
there is a problem with lsass.exe and some password and the computer
just reboots. I cannot even open Windows in Safe mode. The same
problem occurs.

The thing is this, I have extremely important information on my laptop
and I am a afraid that I might lose it if I do a fresh installatoin of
Windows on it. I have a program installed in the current Windows that
has some very important information in it and I am afraid I might lose
it.

What can I do?

I will be extremely grateful if someone helped me!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Daniel,

Do a repair installation, details:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Daniel Sandberg]

Hi, thanks for the link, Rick, I´m going to check it out!

Another question: It says on your homepage, and we all know it, that a
repair isn´t foolsafe and therefore I would like to backup some files.

How can I do this?
Shall burn a CD from DOS? How do I do that?
I´ve used NTFSPRO but when I copied files from a directory to another,
which I had created, the files I copied disappeared in the destinated
directory. Is there any safe programs you can use in DOS to access
NTFS-drives?

Can I somehow Replace lsass.exe with a "good" lsass.exe and go around
the problem?

Again, I will be very grateful any assistance!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Another question: It says on your homepage, and we all know it, that a
repair isn´t foolsafe and therefore I would like to backup some files.

First, it's not my homepage, it belongs to Michael Stevens.

How can I do this? Shall burn a CD from DOS? How do I do that?

No, but if you have something like NTFS for DOS (www.sysinternals.com) you
can copy files to a floppy or other partition. Generally though, the repair
is a safe procedure.

I´ve used NTFSPRO but when I copied files from a directory to another,
which I had created, the files I copied disappeared in the destinated
directory. Is there any safe programs you can use in DOS to access
NTFS-drives?

See above

Can I somehow Replace lsass.exe with a "good" lsass.exe and go around
the problem?

Possibly. You would want to load the Recovery Console by booting the WinXP
CD, then expand a copy of lsass.exe from the I386 directory on the disk to
the \Windows\System32 folder from the command prompt.

C:\>Expand X:\I386\lsass.ex_ C:\Windows\system32

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

When finished, exit the Recovery Console, remove the CD and try restarting
normally.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Daniel Sandberg]

Thanks again, Rick, I appreciate it!

Hopefully a final question:

Is there any other way to replace lsass.exe than to do it in the
recovery console? Unfortuneately I don´t have the administrator
password! The guy that

When I replaced lsass.exe the two times I´ve done it the old file came
back when I rebooted the computer or at least the lsass.exe was from
2001 and the one I replaced it with was from 2004. Is it because I had
a trial version, read-only, of NTFSPRO?

/ Daniel

Hi,

Another question: It says on your homepage, and we all know it, that a
repair isn´t foolsafe and therefore I would like to backup some files.

First, it's not my homepage, it belongs to Michael Stevens.

How can I do this? Shall burn a CD from DOS? How do I do that?

No, but if you have something like NTFS for DOS (www.sysinternals.com) you
can copy files to a floppy or other partition. Generally though, the repair
is a safe procedure.

I´ve used NTFSPRO but when I copied files from a directory to another,
which I had created, the files I copied disappeared in the destinated
directory. Is there any safe programs you can use in DOS to access
NTFS-drives?

See above

Can I somehow Replace lsass.exe with a "good" lsass.exe and go around
the problem?

Possibly. You would want to load the Recovery Console by booting the WinXP
CD, then expand a copy of lsass.exe from the I386 directory on the disk to
the \Windows\System32 folder from the command prompt.

C:\>Expand X:\I386\lsass.ex_ C:\Windows\system32

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

When finished, exit the Recovery Console, remove the CD and try restarting
normally.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi, thanks for the link, Rick, I´m going to check it out!

Another question: It says on your homepage, and we all know it, that a
repair isn´t foolsafe and therefore I would like to backup some files.

How can I do this?
Shall burn a CD from DOS? How do I do that?
I´ve used NTFSPRO but when I copied files from a directory to another,
which I had created, the files I copied disappeared in the destinated
directory. Is there any safe programs you can use in DOS to access
NTFS-drives?

Can I somehow Replace lsass.exe with a "good" lsass.exe and go around
the problem?

Again, I will be very grateful any assistance!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Daniel,

Manually replacing system files requires the Recovery Console. A read-only
trial version is not capable, I would think, of copying files.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Thanks again, Rick, I appreciate it!

Hopefully a final question:

Is there any other way to replace lsass.exe than to do it in the
recovery console? Unfortuneately I don´t have the administrator
password! The guy that

When I replaced lsass.exe the two times I´ve done it the old file came
back when I rebooted the computer or at least the lsass.exe was from
2001 and the one I replaced it with was from 2004. Is it because I had
a trial version, read-only, of NTFSPRO?

/ Daniel

Hi,

Another question: It says on your homepage, and we all know it, that a
repair isn´t foolsafe and therefore I would like to backup some files.

First, it's not my homepage, it belongs to Michael Stevens.

How can I do this? Shall burn a CD from DOS? How do I do that?

No, but if you have something like NTFS for DOS (www.sysinternals.com)
you
can copy files to a floppy or other partition. Generally though, the
repair
is a safe procedure.

I´ve used NTFSPRO but when I copied files from a directory to another,
which I had created, the files I copied disappeared in the destinated
directory. Is there any safe programs you can use in DOS to access
NTFS-drives?

See above

Can I somehow Replace lsass.exe with a "good" lsass.exe and go around
the problem?

Possibly. You would want to load the Recovery Console by booting the
WinXP
CD, then expand a copy of lsass.exe from the I386 directory on the disk
to
the \Windows\System32 folder from the command prompt.

C:\>Expand X:\I386\lsass.ex_ C:\Windows\system32

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

When finished, exit the Recovery Console, remove the CD and try
restarting
normally.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi, thanks for the link, Rick, I´m going to check it out!

Another question: It says on your homepage, and we all know it, that a
repair isn´t foolsafe and therefore I would like to backup some files.

How can I do this?
Shall burn a CD from DOS? How do I do that?
I´ve used NTFSPRO but when I copied files from a directory to another,
which I had created, the files I copied disappeared in the destinated
directory. Is there any safe programs you can use in DOS to access
NTFS-drives?

Can I somehow Replace lsass.exe with a "good" lsass.exe and go around
the problem?

Again, I will be very grateful any assistance!


Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


Hi Daniel,

Do a repair installation, details:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Hello!

I got a big problem!
I have a laptop, Packard bells easy one silver Combo 3121, and a
fews
days ago I was going to watch some dvds from it on a TV. The problem
is that the screen on the laptop went blank and in my supreme
foolishness I started up the Advanced Windows start options and took
"Last working configuration". Now I can´t get into to Windows
because
there is a problem with lsass.exe and some password and the computer
just reboots. I cannot even open Windows in Safe mode. The same
problem occurs.

The thing is this, I have extremely important information on my
laptop
and I am a afraid that I might lose it if I do a fresh installatoin
of
Windows on it. I have a program installed in the current Windows
that
has some very important information in it and I am afraid I might
lose
it.

What can I do?

I will be extremely grateful if someone helped me!