PC lag

Can anyone send some advice my way? i'm getting lag now even when im playing any games, stalker,sins of a solar empire, MTW2 even flashgames like dogfight. Also getting on my music when im playing anything on Windows media player.

I have 2Gb of Ram, 3.4gb pentium 4 and a huge hard drive..........any ideas?

Try to clear up your processes by clean booting: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Defrag your hard-drive (do this last because it will take a while)

run CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ (keep in mind this will take all your cookies and Temporary internet files so make sure you know your passwords for your logins)

Running an adware scan and virus scan will help also.

well i run ad-aware,spybot and nod32 fairly regularly. Im running CCleaner atm :)

one thing i have noticed is that my music doesnt lag if i disconnect from the internet?!?!

well i run ad-aware,spybot and nod32 fairly regularly. Im running CCleaner atm :)

one thing i have noticed is that my music doesnt lag if i disconnect from the internet?!?!

domino_rfc

It sounds like some of your background processes are taking in from the internet. Try turnning off all non essential processes through clean booting and see if that works.

thanks for the advice mate but i have done it all(well its defragging atm) and the music is still lagging.

Any other ideas:?

Not sure what Defrag program you use but using just the Microsoft one is kind of crappy. I use Perfect Disk 8...and it defrags both my hard drive and my metafile (page file). It does a much much better job. I also recommend doing this once a month...go in..turn off your page file....run the defrag program....restart your computer and turn it back on. It basically will give you a fresh, non defrag portion of your hard drive for your new page file.

Good Luck@!!

finished defragging, followed every other instruction and still the same. I cant think of anything else!

Someone please come up with a bit of god-like genius and help a poor ignorant soul out! (any ideas appreciated :) )

Well, if all fails format your drive.

But, yes, take out all the background processes. Defrag and clean up. Remove programs you dont need, delete all your cookies, and temporary internet files, scan for adware and viruses. I reccomend AVG. if all fails, as i said, format your drive.