It is a required Windows service:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...library/csrss/
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Dustin Harper
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"David Manvell" <DavidManvell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> One of the processes is sort of high. It's called csrss.exe. There are
> actually two of them listed, the second one is around 20%. 18.4K used
> Client
> Server Runtime. Any idea what that belongs to?
>
> David
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
> Quote:
>> It is likely a driver causing the problem. Fortunately Vista keeps very
>> detailed logs and has some good troubleshooting tools to help find where
>> the
>> performance bottleneck may be.
>>
>> The first thing to do is open the Task Manager and make sure it's not
>> caused
>> by some program hogging the CPU. System Idle Process should be in the
>> 90's.
>> If it's not what are the next highest processes?
>>
>> Next open Performance Information and Tools. Just start typing
>> performance
>> in the Start search box then click on Performance Information and Tools
>> when
>> you see it in the list. It should be there after you type four or five
>> letters. In the Windows Experience Rating with that system I'd expect
>> everything to be 5 or above. If it's not you may need to look at the
>> driver
>> for the item that is low. On the left click on Advanced Tools. Sometimes
>> Windows will list performance problems at the top of this screen under
>> Performance Issues. If nothing is listed there you have to work through
>> the
>> tools looking for clues as to what is causing the poor performance. It
>> can
>> usually be found in the first tool, View performance details in Event
>> log,
>> but it can sometimes be hard to decipher. Usually going through all the
>> tools will give you enough clues to figure out where the problem is.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>>
>> "David Manvell" <DavidManvell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:935568AA-E8AC-4EC0-85B7-D986B0DAB8FE@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > OK was running Windows XP x64 and installed Windows Vista Ultimate x64
>> > and
>> > this thing is so slow I can barely use it.
>> >
>> > I have 2 high speed scsi drives, 6 gigs of ram, a 64 bit computer and
>> > the
>> > 64
>> > bit os installed. Two dual core Xeon processors each running at 3.2Ghz
>> > (So
>> > 4
>> > processors). My video card cost me $1800 and is a NVIDIA Quadro FX
>> > 3400.
>> >
>> > This thing should be flying yep I can barely drag windows around and
>> > this
>> > is
>> > with the bare OS installed with no software yet.
>> >
>> > Could use some help. Any suggestions or FAQs to figure out why it is in
>> > slow
>> > motion?
>> >
>>