Access Violation in LSASS.EXE During User Password Change
PSS ID Number: 136334
Article Last Modified on 2/5/2002
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q136334
SYMPTOMS
When your domain password expires and you are prompted to change your
password, an access violation in LSASS.EXE occurs on your domain
controller. As a result, you cannot change your password and log on until
the domain controller is back online again.
This problem occurs intermittently.
CAUSE
This failure occurs because of a problem during the calculation of the
session id used for the password change operation.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows
NT version 3.51 or upgrade to Windows NT 4.0.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51.
This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows
NT version 3.51. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords: kbnetwork KB136334
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