Re: Help Deleted WINDOWS/System32/Csrss.exe file

When you enter Recovery Console, do you receive the "1: C:\WINDOWS Which
Windows Installation would you like to log on to" prompt, or do you simply
receive a C:\ prompt?

If you do receive the "Which Windows Installation....." prompt, and you opt
for installation 1, at the C:\Windows prompt, key in:
cd system32
ENTER
Are you now at a C:\Windows\System32 prompt?


Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"jlhwebgal" wrote:

Hi Patti,

I copied your instructions and I received the message "Access Denied"

I really appreciate the help you have given and hope you are able to
offer more.

TIA,

Jennifer

Patti MacLeod wrote:
Hi Jennifer,

When you first chose the R option to enter Recovery Console, you should have
then received a message regarding which Windows installation you want to log
onto.....the message would look something like this:

1: C:\WINDOWS

Which Windows Installation would you like to log on to
(To cancel, press ENTER)?

If you are seeing option 1 for C:\WINDOWS, then it is definitely seeing your
hard drive, as it recognizes the Windows installation.

Now, assuming that your CD/DVD drive is drive letter D, the command to use
would look like this:

expand D:\i386\csrss.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe

Note the underscore at the end of the filename that you want expanded from
the i386 folder (csrss.ex_ )....this needs to appear in the command, not the
full file extension of EXE
Following the underscore, there is a space before
C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"jlhwebgal" wrote:

Hi Patti,

Thank you so much for responding. I have a feeling this is going to
work however....

I cannot find my hard drive. Would it still be called "C" even though I
changed my boot sequence? When I run a "dir" on c I get nothing.

The command I used was d:\>expand [/d:I386\CSRSS.EXE]
[C:\WINDOWS\System32\] [/y]

Any advice as I am unfamiliar with using this console.

Thank you so much in advance I have been in tears since this happened.

Jennifer

Patti MacLeod wrote:
Hi Jennifer,

Boot into the Recovery Console and use the expand command in order to expand
the csrss.ex_ file from the i386 directory on the install CD to the
Windows\System32 directory on hard drive.

Here is an MSKB article that describes Recovery Console, including how to
access it:
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/en-us



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"jlhwebgal" wrote:

I knew I had downloaded some serious malware and purchased a malware
removal tool. After trying to remove all of it in and out of safemode I
was left with Symantec and the removal software being unable to remove
a downloader virus at the subject directory. I was instructed to
manually delete the file that was found....guess what (yes I feel like
an idiot) the system wouldn't let me delete the file. So what did the
"einstein" in me do? I renamed it to Csrss2....rebooted and got the
blue screen of death:

STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Session Manager Initialization
system process terminated unexpectedly with status of 0xc0000034
(0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down.

Attempts to reinstall Windows XP from the cd are also failing with
another error. Any advice to get me back up and running without losing
my data?

I know I am asking a lot but you seem like a great group of
trouble-fixers.

TIA :-)
Jennifer






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