A "Stop 0xc0000244" Error Occurs When You Audit Policy Changes If CrashOnAuditFail Is Turned On (323475)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

This article was previously published under Q323475

SYMPTOMS

If you turn on the CrashOnAuditFail option, Windows XP may stop responding (hang) with stop code 0xC0000244 during the startup process.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you turn on the CrashOnAuditFail option and you are auditing for policy changes.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version      Size     File name
   ----------------------------------------------------
   03-Jun-2002  14:45  5.1.2600.46  653,824  Lsasrv.dll
   03-Jun-2002  14:45  5.1.2600.46   11,776  Lsass.exe

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

Modification Type:

Minor

Last Reviewed:

9/27/2005

Keywords:

kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbSecurity kbWinXPsp1fix KB323475