SP3 and CSRSS.EXE

From: Alex Clark (alex@theclarkhome.spamtin.net)
Date: 01/31/03


From: "Alex Clark" <alex@theclarkhome.spamtin.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:53:03 -0000


Hi,

It seems that I'm not the only one having this problem of CSRSS.EXE eating
100% CPU time after installing SP3. I've encountered this problem on XP SP1
with SQL Personal Ed, although a recent post from Brig implies that it
affects installations running on W2K Server as well.

MS, are you investigating this? Am I the only one who's starting to think
SP3 was released a tad early, and would have benefited from a bit more
testing perhaps? Maybe a Service Pack for SP3 will be along soon.

Is there any point in hanging around for a helpful response from MS, or
should I just cut my losses now and reinstall SQL Server with SP2???

Regards,
Alex Clark

(Daniel Bright, Jasper, and Brig are three other NG members that have
reported the same error. I suppose potentially there could be more people
with the same problem, who can't even post a NG message because their CPU is
being swamped by CSRSS.EXE)



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