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I am keep getting this message when windows get started. I dont know what to do. can anybody help me to solve this problem please.

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aquarelle, on Mar 2, 2008 1:48:38 pm GMT

Hi,
May be you can read this page : http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibra­ry/csrrs/
Good luck
"Pour trouver une solution � ses probl�mes, il faut s'en donner la peine."

   
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/, on Mar 15, 2008 2:25:35 pm GMT

Look here csrrs in config map was a virus that has bin removed

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?q­id=20070704163716AAgBnWF

   
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Michael, on Mar 28, 2008 5:13:58 am GMT
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Oen Registry Editor start>run>regedit) click edit, click find, enter: c:\windows\config\csrss.exe then if it finds an entry delete it.

   
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erik, on May 23, 2008 7:47:15 pm BST

Now if i play a game with great graphics such as BF2 of COD4 would this affect the graphics bucause this a file that helps with graphics
any time i play these after this warning appears(it shows every time) the ground and the surounding buildings and players disappear and only thier guns are shown

   
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BishoponAir, on May 26, 2008 11:17:56 pm BST
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Thank you so much for the advice!

That changed everything!

The error message disappeared. After following your advice and upon restart, there was no error message.

Thanks again,
Greg Bishop
bishoponair@gmail.com
bishoponair.com

   
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Freq, on Jul 7, 2008 8:38:49 am BST
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Legend. Thanks!

   
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thecapper, on Aug 1, 2008 5:39:31 pm BST
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Thanks, Michael!

Your tip solved my CSRSS.EXE problem too!

I also had the EXPLORER.EXE problem in the registry. I'm so glad I happened upon this forum. It's easy to find sites talking about what is/is not a virus, but rare when someone actually posts a solution.

Thanks a bunch, guys!

   
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Gosha, on Nov 28, 2008 5:08:52 pm GMT
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I am keep getting this message when windows get started. I dont know what to do

   
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keith, on Apr 30, 2009 12:03:05 pm BST
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Michael,
Your solution worked perfectly and thanks. It seems it was a leftover from a virus Zone Alarms found.

   
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 Semaj, on Sep 28, 2009 8:26:56 pm BST

Michael I did what you said because this problem happened to me it worked but now I cannot log on to my computer because it takes me to a screen to log in and I put in a username without a password and then i logged in but then after it said loading personal setting it logged me back out in a second is there any way to fix this???

   
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Krist0, on Apr 4, 2008 2:51:51 am BST
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Tks michael, I was searching for a solution to the very same problem and I',m feeling preety stupid for not remembering editing the regedit!! I did't tested it yet but I'm preety confident that it should solve the case.



Stay Well, haZZZta, Krist0

   
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lord voldemort, on Apr 7, 2008 12:18:41 pm BST

Sorry but is registry editing completely safe???

   
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Ryand833, on Apr 22, 2008 10:37:31 pm BST
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I recently had the same problem. It seems to be that this may be the remnants of a virus that was removed. If you look in your registry for the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

There is a value named "Shell" -- This should be set to "Explorer.exe" but on my system, it was set to "Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\Config\csrss.exe"

I changed it to be just "Explorer.exe" and that seems to have solved it.

   
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lord voldemort, on Apr 23, 2008 5:49:12 am BST

Well I looked my registry and "shell" is set to "Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\Config\csrss.exe" .how can I change it to "explorer.exe"?

   
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kevin m, on May 5, 2008 1:29:05 pm BST

Hey there man.Thanks for the posted csrss file info .I would have never thought to go into the reg,, And it was rem..of a virus i got from desktop x files. anyway THANKS A MILLION

   
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Arod, on May 23, 2008 12:32:47 am BST
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I modified the Registry and it works great!

   
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pxuk, on May 24, 2008 3:00:41 am BST

Hey ive seen what you put for the windows\config\csrss.exe file ive done what you said but the message keeps poping up ive found another file call startshell. jus wanted to know if that should renamed??

   
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cpost24, on Jun 16, 2008 8:41:04 am BST

Yes that was exactly my problem, thanks a lot. know it starts up so much faster then when i use to have that annoying pop up

   
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HM9408, on Jul 14, 2008 6:16:18 pm BST

Hi Ryand833... When you say "I changed it to be just "Explorer.exe" and that seems to have solved it.", What do you mean with that?: Erase C:\WINDOWS\Config\csrss.exe and let the entry as Explorer.exe? please answer...
thnx
hm9408@gmail.com

   
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crisreis1000, on Jul 27, 2008 2:17:38 am BST

With me it functioned!
it was valid for the tip!
debtor

   
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microbot, on Jul 16, 2008 5:52:32 pm BST
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Followed your link to the registry and that did the trick. Nice one. Thanks very much.

   
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Torbjorn, on Sep 18, 2008 10:11:12 am BST

Hi!

   
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Torbjorn, on Sep 18, 2008 10:18:53 am BST

Oops - forget the message...!

Yes, Ryand833 - So simple to fix this error when following your example but took me almost 6 month to solve...

Everybody - just follow the simple steps Ryand833 gives above and thats it...!

Thank you soooo very much!!
Torbjorn in Sweden...

   
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BastianMore, on Oct 8, 2008 2:31:41 pm BST

Hi Ryand833

I can not vinde the link to my registry..i have stil the same problem..C:\WINDOWS\Config\csrss.exe...
Pls helpe me out here..i have loket al you instructions but can not vindt it ore fix it..

Greets

   
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ikernel, on Dec 18, 2008 1:57:25 pm GMT

Thx Ryand,you helped me alot your advice is 100% corect.I tried many other ways that didnt helped.
Now my computer starts so beautiful.:D

   
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Seuze, on Jan 17, 2009 8:39:07 pm GMT
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Ryand833, you are great! The steps you gave to correct the problem worked very well: the message I received before, about the file crscs.exe, desapeared and the windows initialization now is much faster. I had tried other ways to solve this problem before, unsuccessly; but you corrected it completly. Tks a lot!

   
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sachin, on Mar 23, 2009 2:46:02 pm GMT

Thanks , great

   
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DJ, on May 6, 2009 10:37:25 am BST

Thank you. The Problem has been solved

   
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alex63, on Apr 25, 2008 2:42:09 am BST

Double click in the right hand pane on the "Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\Config\csrss.exe" entry. Edit out everything but explorer.exe
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Carbonex30, on Apr 27, 2008 6:54:56 pm BST

Ryand833, you mentioned that you suspected that the change in registry value maybe due to a virus? I was wondering how you may have acquired that virus, and how do you know that you've removed it. Because I ran both NOD32 and Norton both not yielding any positive identification. I"ve noticed a few odd startup items which I've managed to remove successfully along with the registry values that you've mentioned above. Again if anyone suspects that this is a virus, please share your account of the situation. Thanks.

   
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Ryand833, on Apr 30, 2008 12:03:55 pm BST

I'm not really sure when or how I got it, but my theory is that whatever it was, my virus scanner/adware/etc. program removed the bad csrss.exe from C:\WINDOWS\Config but didn't bother fixing the registry entry.

I just happened to notice the message once when booting up (I don't reboot very often), and decided to investigate.

   
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Mike123, on Apr 29, 2008 9:10:11 pm BST

Thanks guys,
I also had the same prob with "Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\Config\csrss.exe". I think leftover from clearing trojans and viruses last night.

   
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MANIe, on May 10, 2008 5:41:46 pm BST
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Ya. Thts good buddies. Me too got "..C:\Windows\config\csrss.exe.", on startup. I edited that rude CSRSS.exe frm this SHELL-registry value..

Now my system works fine.. No more nagging screens..

   
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Beremat, on May 23, 2008 2:17:23 am BST

Thanks, fixed the broken registry entry and all's well now.
Seems that I got this from DesktopX.

   
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pxuk, on May 24, 2008 2:42:37 am BST

Hey everyone ive got the same problem, ive renamed the shell in regit but im still getting the message when windows starts. ive been looking through the registry and ive found another thing, called 'startshell' so should i rename that??
if so what to??

   
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blesid, on May 27, 2008 6:35:58 pm BST

Just had this message myself, AVD confirmed as a trojan. Make sure you check it

   
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SMOKER, on Jun 10, 2008 1:40:35 pm BST

I got the same problem on the startup. What shall i do ? thx

   
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presidentmuffin9, on Jun 25, 2008 2:53:45 am BST

Ok so i get this messgae too
can someone please tell me what this Registry Editor is?

then tell me what i have to do im not good with this kind of stuff

thanks!

   
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mondz, on Jun 28, 2008 11:33:46 am BST
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To presidentmuffin9,
registry editor as its name implies is used to view and change settings in the system registry, which contains information about how your computer runs.
what you have to do: click start, then choose run. enter "regedit" without the quotations. the registry editor window will then appear. click on the "edit". choose find and type "c:\windows\config\csrss.exe" if you find something, delete it.

   
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playa, on Jun 29, 2008 9:38:05 pm BST

Thanks for replying back
but when i type regedit in run and press enter a window comes up and says "regedit is not a valid Win32 application"
i have no clue what to do
hope you can help me with that

   
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Big Ted, on Jan 7, 2009 1:11:43 pm GMT

You, my friend, have been infected by Antivirus 2008 xp, or some such variant. It disables Regedit, Taskmanager and MSConfig so you can't remove it.

You'll need to first get the virus/trojan removed before you can do any finishing touches.

I always like to start with the free online scan from www.pandasecurity.com. Just choose the free online scan from the left. You'll need to register an email address. I just use the same one I use for bogus stuff. In other words, go create an email at gmail or hotmail that you can use if you know you're going to get junk mail from them.

The free online tool is easy to follow. However, it's mostly for detection of bad stuff. It requires the full version to remove them automatically. It at least tells you where the infected files are.

If it doesn't remove it then you might need a anti-spyware program that will. There's several out there. Just google it. Antivirus 2008 xp or 2009, something like that.

   
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gem, on Jul 4, 2008 3:38:50 pm BST

Encountered the same pop up error during windows startup for more than 3 months already.
thought of reinstallation my system already.....but just after following Ryand833's intructions, error was gone.... =)
just a simple registry editting. it worked!
thanks RyanD.

   
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chacraft, on Jul 21, 2008 5:57:28 am BST

Yep had the same prob. Thanx every1 Took advice and fixed prob.

   
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microbot, on Jul 21, 2008 7:59:13 am BST

You are welcome.

   
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titan_wing, on Apr 28, 2009 3:02:20 pm BST

It really solve my prob perfectly. THX!!!

   
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