I'll try to be as concise as possible. I purchased and installed Live 6 for my Dell PC a few weeks back. In recent days I've noticed when I startup my computer the hourglass doesn't go away for upwards of 20 minutes... and even after that the "average" CPU usage is between 40-60%. I've checked the system processes and it may be the dreaded csrss.exe file which is causing much resource issues. I've also noticed (maybe unrelated) that Live 6 has been "acting up." Sometimes it starts up immediately, other times it takes over a minute to load, other times it just freezes on the loadup screen. (shrug)
Thinking this issue was tied in with the resource issue, I tried to create another user profile, but even that user profile has the same resource issue. I then tried a system restore to an earlier point (before the date I originally installed Live). After rebooting to that earlier OS checkpoint, the Live desktop icon was gone, I found the executable file in the Program folder, but when I clicked on it I got a repeated error message and Live never loads.
At this point I'm running out of options and contemplating just reformatting the hard drive and re-installing XP. If I do this will I run into any problems with unlocking? What are the steps you would recommend I take to ensure I save all the Live projects and plugins I've downloaded? Thanks again.
Sorry for the long rant.