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WINDOWS SHUTDOWN "lsass.exe terminated, system will shutdown"

Asked by: wesida

Hello on my other computer i've been getting this message:

This system is shutting down. please save all work in progress and logg off. any unsaved changes will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by NT Authority/system.

MESSAGE
the system process 'C:\windows/system32\lsass.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819 the system will now shutdown and restart.

then it gives me 60 secs till it shutsdown



please help me!!!! its verrry annoying now
are there any patches or somethin?

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