RE: Lsass.exe - when trying to update a password.



I have also just seen that this is a common problem on Dell pre-installed
windows 2003sbs servers. Mine is/was a Dell pre-installed windows 2003sbs
server. DOH!. Not to worry. We live and learn.

Take Care.

"Kristian Miles" wrote:

> Hi Brandy.
>
> Thank you for your time. I was in a rush with this, tried a whole myriad of
> different things, but still no joy. I formatted, re-installed and restored
> from a backup in the end. Just for some info.
>
> I never requested any password change. That error message just came up by
> itself. Shortly before this error message, i lost all use of network
> adapters. I did a system restore but still had no joy. Tried to get into the
> recovery console. When prompted for the password for the c:\windows
> installation, it told me the password that i used was wrong. (which is not
> true as i set the password originally and it has never been changed). I
> finally used some software called winternals disk commander. Booted a pseudo
> copy of windows using this. Replaced the registry hives and all seemed to go
> well until i rebooted into windows and it told me that the registry file was
> corrupt. Figured that wasn't such a big issue. Booted into DS repair mode.
> Deleted the .evt files. Resatarted the event logging service. It recreated
> the .evt files. I restarted the computer again, still said the same thing.
> Tried this a few more times with slight alterations but nothing. Thats when i
> decided enough was enough and just reformatted.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Kristian
>
> ""Brandy Nee [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
> > Hello Kristian,
> >
> > Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.
> >
> > I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand that
> > the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals to
> > answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
> > greatly appreciated!
> >
> > I am sorry that I cannot fully understand what exact issues you have got,
> > so please help to gather following information for research:
> >
> > 1. You mentioned "Lsass.exe - when trying to update a password", I have
> > following questions:
> >
> > a. Did you meet any error messages? If yes, please type the error message
> > word by word to the Newsgroup.
> >
> > [Note]: Please do not delete or edit any error message. We need the exact
> > error message for accurate research.
> >
> > b. Where did you update password? Please fully explain your steps.
> >
> > c. What exact password you trying to update?
> >
> > 2. Please explain in detail "I have read info about the registry hives".
> > What exact info you have read? Where did you read?
> >
> > 3. You mentioned "when i try to get into the system recovery console i type
> > in my administrator password and it says it's wrong", I need to know:
> >
> > What exact error message you met? Please type the error message word by
> > word to the Newsgroup.
> >
> > [Note]: Please do not delete or edit any error message. We need the exact
> > error message for accurate research.
> >
> > 4. Did you change administrator password before?
> >
> > Please take your time to perform the steps above and collect the
> > information for us to troubleshoot your issue. I am looking forward to
> > hearing from you!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Brandy Nee
> >
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> > >Thread-Topic: Lsass.exe - when trying to update a password.
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> > >From: "=?Utf-8?B?S3Jpc3RpYW4gTWlsZXM=?=" <Kristian
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> > >Subject: Lsass.exe - when trying to update a password.
> > >Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:23:02 -0800
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> > >
> > >I have this come up everytime i boot my windows server 2003SBS. I have
> > read
> > >info about the registry hives. I have had success with this before but the
> > >problem this time is that when i try to get into the system recovery
> > console
> > >i type in my administrator password and it says it's wrong. I know i am
> > >typing the correct password Inc. CaSe. Does anyone have any ideas.
> > >
> > >Just for a bit of background, prior to this happening i lost all network
> > >connections and the server could not access anyone, nor could anyone
> > access
> > >the server.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >Kristian
> > >
> >
> >
.



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