repair consol password prob.

[Guest]

I was working on my laptop because it had an error message: ....config/system
file cannot be found. I went to the microsoft knowledge base and found the
article that corresponds with my problem. I followed the directions on the
article. When I got to the last step, to reboot in safe mode, it came up
with another error.
"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 article I used for the first problem had this possible error fix also.
The problem being is now when I load the recovery console, it askes for an
password to access the windows partion. There wasn't a password on this
drive to begin with. I tried leaving it blank, but no prevail.

I am up for any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Kind of vague as to what was done but if you replaced the registry hive
files then the password for the local administrator account reverts to what
it was at that point. If that's the case this tool may help.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I was working on my laptop because it had an error message:
.....config/system
| file cannot be found. I went to the microsoft knowledge base and found
the
| article that corresponds with my problem. I followed the directions on
the
| article. When I got to the last step, to reboot in safe mode, it came up
| with another error.
| "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 article I used for the first problem had this possible error fix also.
| The problem being is now when I load the recovery console, it askes for an
| password to access the windows partion. There wasn't a password on this
| drive to begin with. I tried leaving it blank, but no prevail.
|
| I am up for any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Sorry to be so vague, I guess. Here is the kb article location for the
errors I was getting. I tried every thing in this article. When I got the
password error, i tried the steps again, but I could not get passed the
password section.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us


thanks

 

[Guest]

I tried the information on the website, but I could not get the openssl
compiler to download

 

[Dave Patrick]

OK, try resetting the password first. Here's the one you want to create a
bootable CD-Rom

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd060213.zip

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Sorry to be so vague, I guess. Here is the kb article location for the
| errors I was getting. I tried every thing in this article. When I got
the
| password error, i tried the steps again, but I could not get passed the
| password section.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us
|
|
| thanks

 

[Frank]

Joseph Kirkwood wrote:
|| I was working on my laptop because it had an error message:
|| ....config/system file cannot be found. I went to the microsoft
|| knowledge base and found the article that corresponds with my
|| problem. I followed the directions on the article. When I got to
|| the last step, to reboot in safe mode, it came up with another error.
|| "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 article I used for the first problem had this possible error fix
|| also. The problem being is now when I load the recovery console, it
|| askes for an password to access the windows partion. There wasn't a
|| password on this drive to begin with. I tried leaving it blank, but
|| no prevail.
||
|| I am up for any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

This is another Microsoft catch 22. With the \system file corrupted
one cannot enter a password using the repair console. I fooled with
this problem for almost a week. I finally had to use a backup image
to get back up and running.