Please visit the following link and read about the same,  since you have
mentioned  that
many of the systems are shutting donw

if you find anything mentioned in the doc please do the cleaup proedure as
well

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/alerts/sasser.mspx

if not this would help, but i would suggest you to have alook at the first
part just to start with
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318447

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====Sender: "Lib" <wfa@lcls.org>
====Subject: NT Authorization System error message
====Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:25:50 -0700
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====My computers are randomly shutting down (usually within
====15 -30 minutes after logging on). I'm also getting the
====following error messages - NT Authorization System Process
====C/WINNT/Syst32/lsass.exe - terminated unexpectedly -
====status code 128.
====
====Can any one tell me what this means and how to fix the
====problem?
====
====Thanks
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