Ok so i keep running registry defender scans and it doesn't find any errors at all. Runescape for me now is so laggy but i don't know why. This started around May or so. I have a dell labtop and yahoo high speed internet service so i don't know why this is happening. I also have fiberoptics to make the computer go faster but runescape for me is really laggy that's why i don't get on much. Can someone tell me what's up?

Do a virus/spyware scan, and also do a defrag and system cleanup

Try running a HiJackThis scan and post it up.

Is it running windows XP? If so there was a problem with the automatic updates, you will see the problem if you open up Task Manager, click the processes tab and sort by CPU usage. if you see svchost taking up like 80 to 90% of the CPU time, it is most likely this very problem.

 

 

 

To further check if this is indeed part of your problem, turn off automatic updates and see if your machine improves.

 

 

 

I work in a very large university and we have had this problem for well over a year now. MS refused to accept that there was a problem with the auto update but recently have released a patch to cure it, but previous to this release I wrote a batch file which clears previous update temporary files.

 

 

 

I think the main problem happens because of a corrupt or incorrect downloaded update, and auto update (which uses SVCHOST) goes into a loop when it scans the bad file. This accounts for it taking masses of CPU cycles which kicks in about 1 minute after boot time, and for the fact that it affects random machines.

 

 

 

If turning off automatic update doesn't cure the problem, then as stated in a previous post you have probably got spyware or a virus. Get Defender, Ad-Aware SE and Avast. Then deep scan your PC.

 

 

 

Another point, how much RAM is installed in the PC? Even though the min RAM stated for XP was I think 128mb, with all the latest updates etc 512mb of RAM is now the minimum to get XP running smoothly.

 

 

 

Good luck,

 

Clare.