Isass.exe system error--XP won't boot

[vanhoose]

"Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API"

My boss had this error on his Fujitsu laptop. Was able to fix it by booting into safe mode [F5] (with no networking) and cleaning out his hard drive--he was running low enough on disk space that lsass.exe crapped out.

[melloe]

Lsass ( or lsass ) is a system file
Isass (or isass ) is a trojan. There may be two different problems here

melloe

[cills]

Just to thank you all for the posts,I will be trying the fixes as my HP nx9010 has thrown up the error code isass.exe today.The earliest reference I can find to this problem is november 2001,how can it be that it has not been resolved yet?.I will let you know how things turn out.
Thanks.

[CityDyde]

OK I had this problem with XP. Started out of no where and I would get this error

------ Description of ERROR----
The Lsass.exe system process may unexpectedly quit with a -1073741819 status code. When this occurs, your computer may shut down and then restart
-----End of Error---

This problem can be caused by an access violation that happens randomly because an uninitialized handle was passed by a downlevel layer

to fix it on ANY machine running WinXP all you need to do is go to Http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com an redownload the windows updates for SP1. This will reset the XP SP1 back to the updated fix and stop your Lsass.exe errors

This is what I did and I have not had the error since.

Best of Luck,
CityDude

[henryr]

There is Lsass.exe, which is a legitimate Windows file.. and Isass.exe.......which is not, in fact..it's added as a result of a trojan. [in lower case... lsass (good) vs. isass (bad)]
The entry in Hijackthis should look like this...
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Services] Isass.exe

and can be "fixed" & after reboot a "search"..(Start->Search...etc) can be done...to locate Isass.exe (Not Lsass)...& if found..delete

Have you read about that Sasser virus that's going around?

[tlbieri]

Yesterday morning I was on line..just doing normal things,when all of a sudden WITHOUT warning,my computer just shut off...not slowly,but as fast as turning off a light switch (no power did not go out).When I went to turn it back on,it started to boot,2 seconds into the windows xp "starting windows screen" it re booted.This just kept happening over and over.
I removed the hard drive ,set it as a slave and installed it into a working computer running XP,and it would not let the working computer boot,as long as it was installed.I also ran the seagate diagnostic utility which passed both the quick and the long version test,but on both occasions at the end of the test the computer would lock,and this was when it was set up as a slave in a working computer.
My question is...is there any utility available (hopefully free) that could be beneficial in retrieving the files off that drive?
Running xp pro ntfs format and seagate hard drive 7200
Drive is about 6 months old,and had NO previous problems.
Thankyou in advance for any and all input on this.
~ Ted

[jtd]

Make sure that your other drive is in fact "master" & also might try a different ide cable, or put it on the other ide channel by itself temporarily.

[lancer308]

Booting into safe mode involves restarting with the F8 key held down. [You can wait for Windows to beep once and press or keep tapping the F8 key over and over. You will get a black and white menu with some choices on it. Pick safe mode or safe mode with network support if you need something from another PC.

Safe mode is very limited as to what it will do. Most Anti-Virus/Spyware programs are written so they will run in safe mode. I hope you already have one installed, because you can't always install in safe mode.
Run as extreme a scan as you can.

This should get you back on track.

[PoohStuff]

on a client's computer running windows 2000. There's not a solid fix for this problem. What you can try, and I said TRY (in order to save your stuff if any) is do a parallel installation of XP. (create another partition to the C:/ drive, and changing the system folder to something diferent) That way you can get it to load and then you have the choice of either saving your files, copying them over to the "new" partition, and reformat the old partition -- this may make your sysem drive another letter like F or G instead of C.

You may also have TWO windows XP prompts upon bootup, asking you to select the operating system you would want in which you'd choose the working drive.

You can get rid of the old prompt once you're up and running by right clicking my computer, going into properties, click on Advanced, click Settings under Start up and Recovery and pick the working default operating system, usually the bottom one but if you mess up reboot in F8 (safe mode) and do it again.
and uncheck time to display operating system and there you go.
This is what I did to save their stuff and redo the drives. Worked for me.

Might have to reinstall your programs again, but at least you'll have your data without reformatting from the get go.