Win XP won't start up

[dwight]

I am currently working on a gateway select 1400 cs
desktop PC. It is running Windows XP home edition, AMD
athlon 1400 cpu, 256 PC 133 mb ram.
Every time I try to go into windows to include safe mode,
I get the following error message and it never goes into
windows.
"lsass.exe - bad image" "The application or dll
C:\windows\system32\lsasrv.dll is not a valid windows
image. Please check this against your installation
diskette."

I know there is a repair I need to do from the recovery
console, but am not sure exactly what to do.

Can anybody help me with this issue??

Thanks in advance!!

Dwight

 

[Juan]

Greetings:

How to start in safe mode.
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

How to start in safe mode Home Edition.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=
/WINDOWSXP/home/using/productdoc/en/boot_failsafe.asp

Recovery Console.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=
/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/recovery_console_overview.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=
/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/recovery_run_console.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
us/recovery_console_overview.mspx


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