csrss resource hog

[Thomas]

I am using an Athlon XP 1800+ with i GB of RAM. crss.exe
hovers around 4 MB at all times. I'm sure you tried the
latest drivers for your card?

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp-2k_44.03

>-----Original Message-----
>I hope someone has run across the solution to this
>problem, as I've had no luck trying to fix it. Whenever
I
>cause an event that requires some significant screen
>redraw, or I've moved the pointer a lot, csrss.exe
shoots
>to about 95 - 99% CPU usage and my machine hangs for
about
>4 to 5 seconds. This isn't a debilitating problem, but
>has been vexing me for several months. I'm running
WinXP
>Pro on an AMD processor running at 900 MHz with a GForce
>FX 5200 with 128 MB, and I didn't have this issue with
the
>same setup running on a PIII running at 450 MHz with a
>GForce 4200 MMX with 64 MB. I've scanned for viruses
and
>spyware, not finding any, and have turned off virtually
>every non essential service trying to resolve this
>problem. The following is a list of the programs
>executing on my machine:
>
>Running processes:
>C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
>C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG6\avgserv.exe
>C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
>C:\Program Files\D-Tools\daemon.exe
>C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG6\avgcc32.exe
>C:\Program Files\Franklin Electronic Publishers\eBookMan
>Desktop Manager\EbmMgr.exe
>C:\Program Files\AnalogX\POW\pow.exe
>C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
>
>R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main,Local
>Page = C:\WINDOWS\System32\blank.htm
>O2 - BHO: (no name) - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-
>CF10577473F7} - c:\windows\googletoolbar.dll
>O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-
>00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
>O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-
>009027A5CD4F} - c:\windows\googletoolbar.dll
>O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools-1033] "C:\Program
Files\D-
>Tools\daemon.exe" -lang 1033
>O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE
>C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
>O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_CC] C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG6
>\avgcc32.exe /startup
>O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program
>Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
>O4 - Startup: POW! (2).lnk = C:\Program
>Files\AnalogX\POW\pow.exe
>O4 - Global Startup: eBookMan Monitor.lnk = ?
>O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search -
>res://C:\WINDOWS\GoogleToolbar.dll/cmsearch.html
>O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward &Links -
>res://C:\WINDOWS\GoogleToolbar.dll/cmbacklinks.html
>O8 - Extra context menu item: Cac&hed Snapshot of Page -
>res://C:\WINDOWS\GoogleToolbar.dll/cmcache.html
>O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft
Excel -
>res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
>O8 - Extra context menu item: Si&milar Pages -
>res://C:\WINDOWS\GoogleToolbar.dll/cmsimilar.html
>O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate Page -
>res://C:\WINDOWS\GoogleToolbar.dll/cmtrans.html
>O9 - Extra button: Related (HKLM)
>O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links (HKLM)
>O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1}
>(ActiveScan Installer Class) -
>http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5/asinst.cab
>O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}
>(Shockwave Flash Object) -
>http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/s
wf
>lash.cab
>
>Any help would be appreciated. I've done a reformat and
>reinstall, but that didn't seem to help. I'm reaching
my
>wits end, and really don't want to have to switch to
>another OS, but at this point I'm about ready.
>.
>