20H2 LSASS Crash Issue on Windows 10 causes Force Restarts
According to the Microsoft, the new known issue starts on Windows 10 20 H2 devices causing force reboots due to the Local security Authority Subsystem services (LSASS) system processing crashing.
LSASS is the system process responsible for security policy enforcing on Windows System. It is commonly used by the OS to add entries to the security log and to handle user logins, password changes and access token creation. While the LSASS fails, the users will soon lose access to the pre-account on the system and an error will be automatically displayed and the system is forced to reboot.
What are the Affects both Client and server platforms:
- An error in LSASS.exe with the text occur and your will automatically restart in 1 Minute.
- Event ID 1015 error being added to the Windows Applications Event log saying that “LSASS.EXE failed with status code Coooo374.”
- Microsoft has also applied a new update block to prevent impacted devices from being offered or installing windows 10.
- It will provide updated bundled and refreshed installation media within the next few weeks, as soon as a resolution is available for the LSASS known issue.
- Using now button or the Media Creation Tool not to attempt to manually update until this issue has been resolved.
Conclusion: if you have already encountered this issues on your System then the uninstall window might be 10 or 30 days depending on the configuration of your System and the version you are updating to, you need to update to the later version of Windows 10 after the issue is resolved.
