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Thread ID: 54167 2005-02-05 18:45:00 Help! Processor at 100% coz of CSRSS.exe eitand (7164) Press F1
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321837 2005-02-05 18:45:00 hi,

my computer freez up after few houres it turned on and it gets REAL slow after couple of hourse it turned on.
when its freez i saw that the process csrss.exe takes 100% of the cpu, i can move my mouse but if i click a few times the computer makes beep and locked up complitly for few minutes.
when the computer get slow, the csrss.exe is at 20-40 % of the processor, and when i open 3-4 windows of Internet Explorer it get very slow too.

i ran Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D, Norton,
i formatted my computer twice,
i used every test and diag. i could think of, every thing seems to be allright.

i use win XP Pro,
Processor P-4 1.8 Ghz

ever since this problem started i get once in awhile this error msg:

The instruction at "0x086cf688" referenced at "0x086cf688". The memory could not be "read".

click ok to terminate the program.
click cancel to debug the program.

i hope you can help me...
10x
Eitan.
eitand (7164)
321838 2005-02-05 19:12:00 support.microsoft.com Safari (3993)
321839 2005-02-05 19:52:00 how much ram do you have? Prescott (11)
321840 2005-02-05 23:00:00 i'v got 384Mb of ram, and its not corrupt user profile, tried that...
my ram is not new, it all happend out of the blue.
eitand (7164)
321841 2005-02-05 23:32:00 A bit of Google says that csrss.exe can also be hijacked by trojans/worms.

www.auditmypc.com

www.iamnotageek.com
Terry Porritt (14)
321842 2005-02-06 05:00:00 that could be a possiblity but terry he formated his pc twice :) Prescott (11)
321843 2005-02-06 05:34:00 Er, do you reapply service pack 1 and the hotfixes before you reconnect you to the internet (or at least have a firewall on) ?

I was on a LAN that would infect you within seconds with a worm if you didn't have the hotfix/firewall installed.

Check for memory problems with memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/)
gibler (49)
321844 2005-02-06 22:14:00 hi

thanks for responding.

i update my sp1 from the net but i installes norton internet security an anti virus before i connected the net.

i ran the memtest for about an houre and i didnt find any problem with the ram.
eitand (7164)
321845 2005-02-06 23:52:00 As Prescott pointed out, the problem wont be a worm, seeing as you have formatted twice.

A RonTheRipper on this site and the same posting on 'umpteen' other help sites had a similar problem, but I couldn't find out if he found the answer.

This site suggests looking at Power Options settings:
www.joryanick.com
Terry Porritt (14)
321846 2005-02-07 00:08:00 If the problem is intermittent and happens "after a few hours" it might be a marginal memory timing problem. Running a memory tester for an hour might not find it. Try running it overnight (though timing is temperature dependent, and it's usually cooller at night ;)). Try slowing the memory down one step. If the problem never happens after that, suspect the memory.:( Graham L (2)
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