csrss.exe taking too much cpu?

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1. Claire V says:

   May 15, 2011 at 6:43 am

   01)
   Open the Start menu and click "My Computer." Select "Tools" and then click "Folder Options." Navigate to the "View" tab.

   02)
   Scroll down to the heading labeled "Hidden Files and Folders." Click the "Show Hidden Files and Folders" radio button and then click "Apply."

   03)
   Press the "Ctrl," "Alt" and "Delete" keys together at the same time. Select "Open Task Manager." Look through the list of processes and find the two files named "CSRSS.exe."

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   Click the first instance of the file and then choose "End Process." Click "Cancel" if a pop-up window appears warning you that the file is a system file. Click the second instance of the file and choose "End Process" if the first instance was a system file.

   05)
   Return to the Start menu and open the Search option. Type "csrss.exe" and press "Enter." Right-click the first instance of the file and choose "Properties."

   06)
   Look at the "Location" field to see if the file is located in the folder named "C:\WINDOWS\System32." Right-click and delete the file if it is located in any other folder.

   07)
   Check the location of the second instance of the "csrss.exe" file if the first file is located in the System32 folder. Right-click and delete the file if it is located in a different folder.

   08)
   Search for and delete the files "iemsg.dll" and "iemsg.dllcsrss.exe." Search for the registry editor program by typing "Regedit" into the search field. Click the registry editor’s icon.

   09)
   Open the registry editor’s search feature by pressing the "Ctrl" and "F" keys. Type "FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-5F8507C5F4E7" and press "Enter." Right-click and delete each of the registry values that show up in the results.

   10)
   Search for and delete each of the values labeled "BD51AEC6-7991-4A60-94D6-D5FEBB655D10," "iempg.iempgobj" and "iempg.iempgobj.1." Restart the computer’s operating system.

2. whyme123 says:

   May 15, 2011 at 6:43 am

   This is the user-mode portion of the Win32 subsystem; Win32.sys is the kernel-mode portion. Csrss stands for Client/Server Run-Time Subsystem, and is an essential subsystem that must be running at all times. Csrss is responsible for console windows, creating and/or deleting threads, and implementing some portions of the 16-bit virtual MS-DOS environment. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/csrss.exe.html

   The Microsoft Client Server Runtime Server subsystem utilizes the process csrss.exe for managing the majority of the graphical instruction sets under the Microsoft Windows operating system. As such Csrss.exe provides the critical functions of the operating system, and its termination can result in the Blue Screen of Death being displayed.

   Csrss.exe controls threading and Win32 console window features. Threading is where the application splits itself into multiple simultaneous running tasks. Threads supported by csrss.exe are different from processes in that threads are commonly contained within the process, with various threads sharing resources within the same process. The Win32 console is the plain text window in the Windows API system (programs can use the console without the need for image display).

   In mobile devices such as notebooks and laptops, the process csrss.exe is closely dependent on power management schemes implemented by the system as defined under the Control Panel option.

   csrss.exe is a system process that is needed for your Windows system to work properly. It should not be removed. Check Windows now to identify removable processes that are slowing down your computer.

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