A very strange (and painful) problem happened to us today.  The server

rebooted itself today without any apparent reason.  Now, after the server

boots and gets to the windows screen (before preparing network connections) I

almost immediately get the above error message with an "OK" button.  Within a

few seconds, the server reboots itself



The error message in full says:



"LSASS.EXE - System Error"

"When trying to update a password, the return status indicates the value

provided as the current password is not correct"



This has us complely dead in the water.  Any suggestions on what I can do?



Assistance is greatly appreciated...



Jonathan Otmar

Symcas, Inc.

Hi Jonathon



I have also been through this painful and annoying experience.

The error appeared on my SBS2003 box just after i'd installed exchange SP1.



The result of my error, was that I had to re-install SBS2003, as repairing

the system hive didnt help.



I sysprepped my server and that was the only thing I had done differently to

a normal installation.



Here is the kind reply I received from James Fredrickson, MSFT.

"Hi



Sysprep is not why this error came about.  When you replace the system file

(hive) from the repair folder is when you got the lsass error.  You could

boot into Directory Restore mode.  The best thing to do would be to not use

the one from the repair folder as that hive is from the original install

before the components were installed.  thus the error



I am not sure why you were getting the corrupt system hive error, this

usually comes from a dirty shutdown or something of that nature.



Best Regards,



James R Frederickson, MCSE NT4/2000/2003

Microsoft Online Support Engineer

Get Secure? - www.microsoft.com/security"



I hope that any of this info provides you with a starting point for your

server.



Regards,

Ryan.





"Jonathan" wrote:



> A very strange (and painful) problem happened to us today.  The server

> rebooted itself today without any apparent reason.  Now, after the server

> boots and gets to the windows screen (before preparing network connections) I

> almost immediately get the above error message with an "OK" button.  Within a

> few seconds, the server reboots itself

>

> The error message in full says:

>

> "LSASS.EXE - System Error"

> "When trying to update a password, the return status indicates the value

> provided as the current password is not correct"

>

> This has us complely dead in the water.  Any suggestions on what I can do?

>

> Assistance is greatly appreciated...

>

> Jonathan Otmar

> Symcas, Inc.

Check for the sasser virus. Check MS website, they have detector/remover

tool, as do most AV sites.



Attila



"Jonathan" <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EE93D751-85C8-4318-8DAE-E92F052BDD26@microsoft.com...

>A very strange (and painful) problem happened to us today.  The server

> rebooted itself today without any apparent reason.  Now, after the server

> boots and gets to the windows screen (before preparing network

> connections) I

> almost immediately get the above error message with an "OK" button.

> Within a

> few seconds, the server reboots itself

>

> The error message in full says:

>

> "LSASS.EXE - System Error"

> "When trying to update a password, the return status indicates the value

> provided as the current password is not correct"

>

> This has us complely dead in the water.  Any suggestions on what I can do?

>

> Assistance is greatly appreciated...

>

> Jonathan Otmar

> Symcas, Inc.

i was able to correct this issue by using erd commander and running a system restore point 



if system restore had been disabled a clean install would have been the only option



i hope this helps