If I've posted this in the incorrect forum, please move to me to where I need to be. thanks.
Okay, Here Goes:
Last night, I had the yellow shield stating updates were ready for install. As usual, I clicked it and it was Service Pack 3. I exited all programs and let it go along it's way and install.
After it finished it's installation, it ran scandisk upon boot and had quite a few errors and fixes that it stated it went through.
When it finally got done with all that stuff, it went straight past the Windows splash page to nothing but a blank screen and an error box that is titled "lsass.exe - Bad Image" and states in the error box "The application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\MPR.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette."
I click "OK" and go to a useless black screen from which my only option is to hold the power button down to restart. No task manager or anything responding. No left or right clicking response and no response when I hit the "windows" button on the keyboard.
Now, onto Safe Mode Start results:
Same error message pops up and I click "OK". The screen DOES say SAFE MODE in all four corners and across the top is "Microsoft (R) Windows XP (R) (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111: Service Pack 3).
Still no response to any action I attempt. No Task Manager or anything.
I'm SERIOUSLY stuck here.
I ran Recovery Console off an XP sp2 install cd and did a fixboot and a chkdsk just to see if I got anywhere with that, but did not.
I'm running a Toshiba Satellite A105 with XP Media Center Edition 2005 with an Intel Centrino (I know, not the best chip, but I got it at a good price).
Again, please let me know if there's anywhere to go from here or should I maybe purchase a Vista Upgrade Disk and go ahead and try to upgrade from XP at this point.
Thanks,
Jaime Winton
P.S. Sorry my post was soooo long, I was trying to be as thorough as possible with the description of events.
Okay, Here Goes:
Last night, I had the yellow shield stating updates were ready for install. As usual, I clicked it and it was Service Pack 3. I exited all programs and let it go along it's way and install.
After it finished it's installation, it ran scandisk upon boot and had quite a few errors and fixes that it stated it went through.
When it finally got done with all that stuff, it went straight past the Windows splash page to nothing but a blank screen and an error box that is titled "lsass.exe - Bad Image" and states in the error box "The application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\MPR.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette."
I click "OK" and go to a useless black screen from which my only option is to hold the power button down to restart. No task manager or anything responding. No left or right clicking response and no response when I hit the "windows" button on the keyboard.
Now, onto Safe Mode Start results:
Same error message pops up and I click "OK". The screen DOES say SAFE MODE in all four corners and across the top is "Microsoft (R) Windows XP (R) (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111: Service Pack 3).
Still no response to any action I attempt. No Task Manager or anything.
I'm SERIOUSLY stuck here.
I ran Recovery Console off an XP sp2 install cd and did a fixboot and a chkdsk just to see if I got anywhere with that, but did not.
I'm running a Toshiba Satellite A105 with XP Media Center Edition 2005 with an Intel Centrino (I know, not the best chip, but I got it at a good price).
Again, please let me know if there's anywhere to go from here or should I maybe purchase a Vista Upgrade Disk and go ahead and try to upgrade from XP at this point.
Thanks,
Jaime Winton
P.S. Sorry my post was soooo long, I was trying to be as thorough as possible with the description of events.