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Hello, I am praying that I have come to the right place because I am way over my head trying to fix a server when my experience is limited. I don't know what to do if I don't fix this soon I don't know how the office who owns the server will function on monday...
They have been using Windows Server 2003 free evaluation from microsoft, i believe it was a 180 day evaluation. Time limit was approaching so they bought the full version and asked me to perform upgrade. Found instructions from microsoft and seemed simple enough: boot from CD, follow procedures to instlal windows but when it detects an OS is already installed, select repair. I did that and everything worked great. Files copied, computer rebooted, got instlalation screen, it would not accept license key. I rebooted and now I have this error:
lsass.exe - System Error
An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function.
clicking ok will reboot. Setup tries to restart before this error appears. I also can't even find the same repair option when booting from CD now (only repair console). This is happening in safe mode as well.
Does anyone have an idea?
They have been using Windows Server 2003 free evaluation from microsoft, i believe it was a 180 day evaluation. Time limit was approaching so they bought the full version and asked me to perform upgrade. Found instructions from microsoft and seemed simple enough: boot from CD, follow procedures to instlal windows but when it detects an OS is already installed, select repair. I did that and everything worked great. Files copied, computer rebooted, got instlalation screen, it would not accept license key. I rebooted and now I have this error:
lsass.exe - System Error
An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function.
clicking ok will reboot. Setup tries to restart before this error appears. I also can't even find the same repair option when booting from CD now (only repair console). This is happening in safe mode as well.
Does anyone have an idea?