Error message Failure security option notice....

Hi I am having the same problem on on of our company Laptops.

I have insutructed that the worker use safe-mode for now but this is not
feasible in the long-term

Has anyone found a solution to this ?

"Allygash" wrote:

> "Failure - Security Options -- Logon process has failed to create the
> security options dialogue"
>
> I get the above error message after i hit ctrl-alt del to see why my pc has
> suddenly gone very sluggish/fails to respond & the hard disc access appears
> constant. Any ideas please?
>
> Running Vista ultimate using windows live onecare, no other anti virus etc.

Microsoft uses a lot of reusable code lately. The "Failure--Security Option" appears in several processes. The fault is triggered when Vista detects certain unnecessary files (with extensions log and bak) have been deleted. This can happen if you use several file/registry cleaners (the combination Ccleaner, Eusing, and JV16 Powertools creates this problem.) The way to eliminate the problem is to open Start/Run/taskschd.msi and disable all the scheduled tasks except your antivirus update. You can then enable them one at a time to see which process causes the problem (there usually are more than one perpetrator) if you think Microsoft's scheduled processes are worth running. Check your hard drive for failure because the fault triggers scrambling of the hard drive firmware.