SP2 Problem

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From: McCool (McCool_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/12/04


Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:20:04 -0800

I just installed SP2 (couldn't do it earlier because of hard-drive
limitations) on my notebook. Now I cannot boot to any mode at all. All I
get is two pop-ups about LSASS.EXE failing to initialize and then nothing at
all. No desktop, no task-bar, no disc activity. I can't even boot to the
command prompt. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

I know LSASS.exe is tied to a worm, but I am/was running Symantec AV and was
religious about all updates (except for SP2 because of size).

Thanks,
Brian



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