KB153742 - STOP 0x0000006F During System Initialization

Article ID: 153742

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q153742

SYMPTOMS

The following STOP message may appear when you boot Windows NT:

STOP: 0x0000006F (0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)
Session3_Initialization_Failed

CAUSE

A file critical to system initialization, such as Smss.exe, may be missing or corrupted.

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following methods to restore a missing or corrupted file:

If the Windows Operating System is installed on a FAT partition, copy the initialization file to the %SystemRoot%\System32 directory.If Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 is installed on an NTFS partition, reinstall Windows NT to a separate directory. Log on as the same user with the same permissions and copy the initialization file to the %SystemRoot%\System32 directory. If Windows 2000 is installed on an NTFS partition use the Recovery Console to replace system files. For instructions on relacing system files using the recovery console see:

229716 Description of WIndows 2000 Recovery Console

Additional query words: err msg errmsg

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