1 Vista Problem

BobBarr · Jun 19, 2009

Hi so i just used a copy of vista my friend gave to me and installed and everything is running great with no probs. Except for 1 thing when im palying games like counter strike i get random 2 sec lag spikes now. Before i had xp and it didnt do this I:
1. Made sure both my firewalls werent blocking the ports on steam and hl2(css)
2. Checked the driver which is update

Im using a linksys wireless g pci adapter.

Im fresh outta ideas to fix this and its getting really troublesome...........\
turns the corner goes for the kill...lags out and comes back dead...... :shadedshu

VulkanBros · Jun 19, 2009

Be sure to run minimum SP1 ... it does a hell diff. in performance

richjordan255 · Jun 19, 2009

id say put sp2 on not its finalised clear msconfig of clutter 2

BobBarr · Jun 19, 2009

im running sp2

beyond_amusia · Jun 19, 2009

can you be plugged directly into the router? I'd recomend a CAT 6 cable between the PC and router and also one between the modem and router if you have them (I only had a short one, so I dropped it between the modem and router and it cut my latencey a bit) - WiFi is not all the gamer friendly I've heard, though I never had an issue with it. Also, open the resource monitor and see what going on for network useage while gaming, sometimes apps get a bit greedy with the bandwidth.

EDIT: or try Windows 7 instead

Jasper005 · Jun 19, 2009

This is a fairly common problem if u use wireless on Vista.

I think the problem is caused by WLAN AutoConfig.

If you google the problem there are several fixes out there. I fixed it by installing Vista Anti Lag (VAL). This worked great for me, and its really simple. If you google it you will be able to find it to download.

Hope this helps

twicksisted · Jun 19, 2009

yeah... dont use wireless for online gaming

Polarman · Jun 19, 2009

How did you activate your "friends" copy ?

BobBarr · Jun 19, 2009

Polarman said:
How did you activate your "friends" copy ?

lol.........why you asking questions...? :laugh:

nah im running it on a dell mobo and he just bought a dell lappy and with dells u get the reinstall disks...well the company(hah lol company) hasnt caught on and ive installed various o/s on various dells for customers and myself with no probs.... i got copies of xp home and m.c.e and copies of vista home prem and ultimate x64 and they all activate with the keys on the side regardless of what they came preinstalled with

BobBarr · Jun 20, 2009

thanks guys Vista Anti-Lag FTW

Bruce_Lee · Aug 8, 2009

You can also try WLAN Optimizer.

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