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The Client/Server Runtime Subsystem, hosted by the file `csrss.exe` is a Windows component that primarily handles and manages user-mode operations.

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csrss.exe , using 10% gpu

This is my pc (relevant) setup: System: windows 10 Intel: i5-9600k GPU: nvidia 2060 super My system is on samsung 960v ssd The problem: each time I’m moving my mouse the csrss.exe is jumping to 14% (...
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2 csrss.exe running/cannot kill/not in task manager

Parent on first: non-existent Process (704) Second: non-existent parent 952 Access denied Path: (error opening) When I "explore" I see pic of file explorer folders Bring to front: no visible ...
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Very high GPU usage by csrss.exe and dwm.exe

UPDATE: This issue has very suddenly disappeared. Below are some details of when it disappeared, in case anyone knows of anything I don't that might have solved it and subsequently help others. Below ...
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WmiPrvSE excess cpu on Windows 7 32bit [duplicate]

One of my desktops is running Windows 7 (32bit). I am seeing unexpectedly high CPU load for the WmiPrvSE process. Using ProcessExplorer, I can see that it is just one thread that is alternately ...
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Remove hard link when target is locked by system process

I've created a hard link (not symbolic link) Arial.ttf in my user directory using the Git for Windows GNU tool ln.exe and Bash. The link points to the system font C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf. ln /c/...
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csrss.exe and dwm.exe eating huge amounts (2-6GB) of RAM

These two processes (csrss.exe and dwm.exe) sometimes decide to consume enormous amounts of my RAM. This only happens when I have been away from the computer. I move the mouse to wake up the monitor ...
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csrss.exe runs slowly for an hour

The last few days, csrss.exe has been slowing down my computer when doing one specific thing, at around 5-6pm(GMT+1) only. EDIT: Apparently, not always at that time. Just happened shortly around 7:30 ...
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Connecting Android causes Client Service Runtime Process to severely slow down PC

This issue has been bothering me for a long while, very weird and couldn't solve it. When I connect my Nexus 4 Android to the PC, suddenly the Client Service Runtime Process CPU consumption jumps ...
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Why is csrss.exe and ccsvchst.exe thrashing my hard drive for up to 45 minutes at a time?

As of the past couple months, I have been the victim of serious hard drive thrashing from csrss.exe and ccsvchst.exe. Together, these two processes completely commandeer my PC, making it practically ...
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Why am I starting to see windows with Asian language captions?

I have a Lenovo W520 Win7 machine which in the past few weeks has twice displayed this message shortly after turning off the wireless. It's not an Asian language version of Windows so I'm ...
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How do I determine what process is using a font? [duplicate]

Sometimes when I delete a font through the control panel applet I get a message that it is in use. If I attempt to delete the file in %SYSTEMROOT%\fonts with farmanager it says that its locked by ...
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