Hi
I've been using a copy of windows xp on my old PC (9 years old) for a while now. Problem is, because it's not activated I been having to reinstalling it every 30 days. Pain in the a.
Someone on a forum (not this one) sent me a windows xp service pack. I attempted to install this on the PC. During the installation quiet a few messages appeared on screen saying that such and such a file is not present or readable. Anyway I just pressed escape each time and it carried on installing. A mistake on my part.
It did install to a point, "the preparing installation" phase. But a message is now on screen saying
"Isass.exe - unable to locate component. This application has failed to start because LSASRV.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
Okay. So I try re-install the SP disc. Nothing happens. Then I try install the copy of XP I'd been using and nothing happens.
In a nutshell The "press any key to boot from cd" message does not appear when I put the disc in the drive like it always did. It just loads up goes to the Isass.exe message above and stops.
I'd be happy enough just re-install the old un activated version of XP but now I can't seem to do that. Any ideas people?
I've been using a copy of windows xp on my old PC (9 years old) for a while now. Problem is, because it's not activated I been having to reinstalling it every 30 days. Pain in the a.
Someone on a forum (not this one) sent me a windows xp service pack. I attempted to install this on the PC. During the installation quiet a few messages appeared on screen saying that such and such a file is not present or readable. Anyway I just pressed escape each time and it carried on installing. A mistake on my part.
It did install to a point, "the preparing installation" phase. But a message is now on screen saying
"Isass.exe - unable to locate component. This application has failed to start because LSASRV.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
Okay. So I try re-install the SP disc. Nothing happens. Then I try install the copy of XP I'd been using and nothing happens.
In a nutshell The "press any key to boot from cd" message does not appear when I put the disc in the drive like it always did. It just loads up goes to the Isass.exe message above and stops.
I'd be happy enough just re-install the old un activated version of XP but now I can't seem to do that. Any ideas people?