having problems booting into windows 2000

thadon

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my parents were messing around with my computer, and i dunno what happened, but now i get this error on the startup of windows 2000

"STOP 0x0000006F SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

ive run memtest , and the results were 0 errors after an hour. ive also tried to run the computer in safe mode, but i come up with the same BSOD.

any solutions? thanks.
 

timswim78

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Probably caused by a device driver. Also could be a missing system file. You may want to remove any newly installed devices. Worst case, maybe do a repair installation (I think that they can be done in 2k, but unsure).

Error Message:
STOP: 0x0000006F (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter) SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Explanation:
This is a Windows 2000 Executive character-mode STOP message. Session manager process creation failed. This can only happen during the relatively short period of time that the Windows 2000 Executive is being initialized, during phase 4 of Windows 2000 startup. There might be a problem with a device driver.

User Action:
If this is the first time you have booted after installing new hardware, remove the hardware and boot again. Check the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List to verify that the hardware and its drivers are compatible with Windows 2000. For information about the hardware, contact the supplier. If you are installing Windows 2000 for the first time, check the Windows 2000 system requirements, including the amount of RAM and disk space required to load the operating system. Also, check the Hardware Compatibility List to verify that the system can run Windows 2000. If Windows 2000 is loaded and no new hardware has been installed, reboot with recovery options set to create a dump file. If the message continues to appear, select the Last Known Good option when you reboot. If there is no Last Known Good configuration, try using the Emergency Repair Disk. If you do not have an Emergency Repair Disk, contact your technical support group.