Help with XP repair

[fred222]

My system crashed and wouldn't boot so I booted the system
installation CD and tried to repair the existing installation. (I did
not use the repair console.)
The repair operation went fine until it needed to reboot and now
I get an error message saying isass.exe is reporting that the current
value for the password is incorrect. However, it hasn't asked for
a password.
What do I do now?
TIA
Fred

 

[Jim]

My system crashed and wouldn't boot so I booted the system
installation CD and tried to repair the existing installation. (I did
not use the repair console.)
The repair operation went fine until it needed to reboot and now
I get an error message saying isass.exe is reporting that the current
value for the password is incorrect. However, it hasn't asked for
a password.
What do I do now?
TIA
Fred

Press Enter ?

 

[fred222]

Press Enter ?

Nope. It seems to accept no keyboard or mouse input.
The error msg displays for a few seconds and then it
starts the boot process from the begining all over again.
If I do nothing it would just cycle endlessly like this.
Fred

 

[Jose]

My system crashed and wouldn't boot so I booted the system
installation CD and tried to repair the existing installation.  (I did
not use the repair console.)
The repair operation went fine until it needed to reboot and now
I get an error message saying isass.exe is reporting that the current
value for the password is incorrect.  However, it hasn't asked for
a password.
What do I do now?
TIA
Fred

Do you mean you see a message similar to this:

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.

Then XP restarts?

What was the nature of the crash and the no boot situation?

Describe what was happening when you tried to boot before attempting
the Repair Install.

What were the symptoms of the no boot situation that you thought
Repair Install would remedy?

Was KB307545 part of your recovery efforts before attempting the
Repair Install?

What did you do to try to fix the system before you tried to do the
Repair Install?