Re: choppy audio and TV recordings, csrss.exe to blame

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According to what I see by googling on csrss.exe, it appears that many
viruses also claim to be csrss.exe. This could account for the spike you're
seeing...it isn't the real one but rather a virus one. You might give
Microsoft's AntiSpyWare beta a try, and use a good antivirus product too
(NOTE: by 'good' I don't mean Norton. AVG is a better one, and it's free
from www.grisoft.com). You might also take a look at your firewall outgoing
logs...or if you have no outgoing protection, use the free ZoneAlarm from
www.zonelabs.com.

Dana Cline - MVP

"David Shorthouse" <davidshorthouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uMTMrWeVFHA.2984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hey folks,
> This is a new one for me and I can't figure it out. A process called
> csrss.exe (Client Server Runtime Service) periodically & randomly spikes
the
> CPU usage for 1-2 seconds and consequently, audio play-back (all audio on
a
> server) or TV recordings (local) are choppy. The recorded TV file is
choppy
> when played on another machine. I have no idea what could be causing this.
> The machine is a dedicated media consumption unit in my livingroom and has
> merely the bare essentials to do so. NAV2005 is up-to-date. This hiccuping
> is particularly bad when first logging on or rebooting and has become
worse
> since about 2 weeks ago when all was running smoothly. Anyone have any
ideas
> about this?
>
> Dave
>
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