NT Authority forced shutdown

[Hyperlite]

Guy that lives across the hall from me has totally fubared his computer...its giving me BSOD's after windows loading in normal boot, and when i get to the desktop in safe mode i get that NT Authority is forcing a system shutdown, you have 60 seconds, blah blah blah due to process DCOM Server Process Launcher process failing to start. I know i have heard of ways to circumvent that shutdown process, i just can't remember. any suggestions? this is WinXP pro.
IMG_0557.jpg apologize for size

 

[mzkhadir]

start in safe mode.
check for viruses.

 

[Hyperlite]

Obviously, but 60 seconds isn't quite enough for a virus scan. :roll:

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
Obviously, but 60 seconds isn't quite enough for a virus scan. :roll:

why dont you take the hard drive out and slave it to another and run the virus scan

 

[Smilin]

Post complete error.

This sounds very much like a virus or worm.

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
Obviously, but 60 seconds isn't quite enough for a virus scan. :roll:

why dont you take the hard drive out and slave it to another and run the virus scan

I would, but its an HP Laptop

I'll try and get a screen shot

 

[skace]

"shutdown /a" at a command prompt/run if it's that kind of shutdown. Worth a try.

 

[Hyperlite]

i'll give that a try, OP updated with pic

 

[stash]

What OS?

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: skace
"shutdown /a" at a command prompt/run if it's that kind of shutdown. Worth a try.

awesome, that worked, thanks. now for avira...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

ROFL. Sounds like Blaster to me.

Didn't this get patched, I dunno, four years ago?

- M4H

 

[stash]

This sounds a little different than blaster. Probably some reg keys got hosed like RPCs and RPCLocator.

 

[Smilin]

There is a trojan out there that can cause this as well as some jacked registry keys.

Did he just get done running some anti-spyware/adware before the last reboot?

If adware, run it again and have it undo what it just did.

If not, jump back to the last system restore point.

If still no luck, do a repair install.