Corrupted isass.exe
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From: James on 4 Mar 2010 18:07 Hello NG, Last week I had a power outage when I was using my desktop, and when I tried to restart my computer I kept getting error messages that Windows had encounters a problem and was shutting down to protect my system. After a couple of attempts to reboot I got an error message saying something about my password not being correct, it apparently is a corrupted isass.exe file. This is an HP desktop and the setup disks are on a D:\ partition, so during one of my attempts to reboot I selected the recovery console and tried to recover that way, still no luck. I do have a set of early XP disks from when I bought a laptop several years ago, so I tried to reinstall from the disks. I tried to reinstall and I tried to repair, both give me the same error saying that my isass.exe. I have tried to create a bootable DVD and boot from my DVD Drive, all I get is a continuous loop of error messages saying that XP has encountered an error and is shutting down or sends me back to the initial boot screen. When I bought this computer I never put in a password, since it is at home I didn't feel the need. How can a password file become corrupted when I never used a password. I have also tried just hitting enter (blank password) and that gives me the same error. I have tried every password I might have ever used thinking I might have forgotten, no luck. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks James
From: David H. Lipman on 4 Mar 2010 19:43 From: "James" <tvwatchr(a)hotmail.com> | Hello NG, | Last week I had a power outage when I was using my desktop, | and when I tried to restart my computer I kept getting error messages | that Windows had encounters a problem and was shutting down to protect my | system. | After a couple of attempts to reboot I got an error message saying something | about my password not being correct, it apparently is a corrupted isass.exe | file. | This is an HP desktop and the setup disks are on a D:\ partition, | so during one of my attempts to reboot I selected the recovery console and | tried to recover that way, still no luck. | I do have a set of early XP disks from when I bought a laptop several years | ago, so I tried to reinstall from the disks. | I tried to reinstall and I tried to repair, both give me the same error | saying that my isass.exe. | I have tried to create a bootable DVD and boot from my DVD Drive, | all I get is a continuous loop of error messages saying that XP has | encountered an error and is shutting down or sends me back to the initial | boot screen. | When I bought this computer I never put in a password, since it is at home I | didn't feel the need. | How can a password file become corrupted when I never used a password. | I have also tried just hitting enter (blank password) and that gives me the | same error. | I have tried every password I might have ever used thinking I might have | forgotten, no luck. | Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. | Thanks | James ISASS.EXE -- isass.exe or LSASS.EXE -- lsass.exe There IS a difference ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: James on 5 Mar 2010 21:24 Since all the letters are lower case then I believe it is issas.exe James "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:uI50qz$uKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > From: "James" <tvwatchr(a)hotmail.com> > > | Hello NG, > > | Last week I had a power outage when I was using my desktop, > | and when I tried to restart my computer I kept getting error messages > | that Windows had encounters a problem and was shutting down to protect > my > | system. > > | After a couple of attempts to reboot I got an error message saying > something > | about my password not being correct, it apparently is a corrupted > isass.exe > | file. > > | This is an HP desktop and the setup disks are on a D:\ partition, > | so during one of my attempts to reboot I selected the recovery console > and > | tried to recover that way, still no luck. > | I do have a set of early XP disks from when I bought a laptop several > years > | ago, so I tried to reinstall from the disks. > > | I tried to reinstall and I tried to repair, both give me the same error > | saying that my isass.exe. > | I have tried to create a bootable DVD and boot from my DVD Drive, > | all I get is a continuous loop of error messages saying that XP has > | encountered an error and is shutting down or sends me back to the > initial > | boot screen. > > | When I bought this computer I never put in a password, since it is at > home I > | didn't feel the need. > | How can a password file become corrupted when I never used a password. > | I have also tried just hitting enter (blank password) and that gives me > the > | same error. > | I have tried every password I might have ever used thinking I might have > | forgotten, no luck. > > | Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > | Thanks > | James > > ISASS.EXE -- isass.exe > > or > > LSASS.EXE -- lsass.exe > > There IS a difference ! > > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > >
From: David H. Lipman on 5 Mar 2010 21:48 From: "James" <tvwatchr(a)hotmail.com> | Since all the letters are lower case then I believe it is issas.exe | James You should not assume, you need to know because if it is ISASS.EXE (with an "I" not a "L") then you are most likely infected with malware ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: James on 6 Mar 2010 11:09
How would I determine which one is which? If a lower case l looks like and upper case I, and you don't want me to go by the rest of the letters, how do I determine the letter in question? James "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:#KL$xdNvKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > From: "James" <tvwatchr(a)hotmail.com> > > | Since all the letters are lower case then I believe it is issas.exe > | James > > You should not assume, you need to know because if it is ISASS.EXE (with > an "I" not a "L") > then you are most likely infected with malware ! > > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > > |