Only changes in last 24 hours were: insalled 1 gig RAM memory upgrade for
Dell Dimension 4400 with XP Home OS . . . adjusted My Computer / Performance
Options / Visual Effections tab(s) for for "best performance" . . . and
switched virtual memory paging file size from 384 mb to 1024 mb.

Now, regardless of F8 mode selected upon boot up, can't get past flash
screen as no account(s) is/are presented and I keep setting an lsass.exe
error stating "Security Accounts Manager initialization failed. Error
status: 0xc0000008." along with instructions to click on OK, reboot to Safe
mode and check events log. Endless loops of this. Any thoughts??
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ChiDawgOne
Chicago


"iain" wrote:

> on windows startup in all modes including safe mode i receive the following
> error message and cannot log into windows.
>
> lsass.exe - system error
> security accounts manager innitialization failed because of the following
> error. the handle was invalid. error status: 0xc0000008.
>
> i cannot believe i have caught the sasser virus with this security. please
> advise.
>
> i am on hp compaq nx9010 laptop running win xp pro sp2 all updates installed
> using windows automatic update. installed one yesterday.
> i use avg free antivirus fully up to date, new version.
> i use windows firewall
> i connect to the internet through netgear rangemax router with wps-psk
> security enabled and router firewall enabled also.