Reload Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 615 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 606 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3461 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 11/07/1968 Posted May 7, 2010 ok at the moment i am getting considerably higher ping compared to my uk and euro bretheren when gaming, i have sort of resolved the issues with my provider which has helped quite abit, am now pinginging between 150-200 whereas before it was in the 200-300 bracket, now SOB mentioned something ingame to me yesterday about maybe stuff running in background, How do i find out what my comp is running, is there a tool i can use to find out and also what is it safe to turn off,,, any help on this would be greatly appreciated as my next port of call is format c but i don't really want to do it if i don't have too cause i nearly always fuck something up or lose something Many thanks, Mark/reload
Sonovabich Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8 Device: Windows Posted May 7, 2010 You could try downloading something called "Gamebooster" Reload it's self explanatory and might make a bit of difference. It will list everything that is running in the background and turns everything off you don't need when gaming.
Reload Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 615 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 606 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3461 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 11/07/1968 Author Posted May 7, 2010 okie dokie will give it a whirl m8, ta
ShadowLady Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 25 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 111 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2251 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 136 Achievement Points: 12883 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 28 Birthday: 10/30/1969 Device: Windows Posted May 7, 2010 Yes...try the gamebooster Reload....I don't use it all the time as I have a pretty good ping...but it does make a difference when I use it. -Shadow Awards
greywolf2 Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 35 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 44 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4812 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 420 Achievement Points: 28063 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Posted May 7, 2010 There are alot of sites out there to tell you what is safe and not safe to turn off. Here is one that will tell you what alot of those are... http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/ Another one here http://www.homenetworkhelp.info/index.php?pg=articles-troubleshooting-windows-with-task-manager&mn=a
hackeklaus Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 1012 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 935 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 269 Achievement Points: 5547 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2020 Birthday: 11/23/1987 Posted May 7, 2010 i´m using hijackthis, it is a prog wich makes a lockfile of everything what is running on ur pc. then u can copy this logfile and put it in a fomular on the http from hijack this then it shows u everything what is unsave save or deadly* *its not really deadly löl Awards
Reload Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 615 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 606 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3461 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 11/07/1968 Author Posted May 7, 2010 thxs all, still getting high pings,,, guess i gonna have to clean up me comp afterall,,boohoo
greywolf2 Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 35 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 44 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4812 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 420 Achievement Points: 28063 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Posted May 7, 2010 hackeklaus i´m using hijackthis, it is a prog wich makes a lockfile of everything what is running on ur pc. then u can copy this logfile and put it in a fomular on the http from hijack this then it shows u everything what is unsave save or deadly* *its not really deadly löl Be very careful when using Hijackthis I work with a security forum and this is used to find and assist us in finding and removing Malware/virus/trogans and various other critters.... Do not remove items if you are not sure as you will crash your system....
DEEJAYKEG Posted May 7, 2010 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted May 7, 2010 I use TuneUp Utilities 2010 and hit "Turbo" mode before playing - this has a similar effect to the freebie already mentioned. Ping tends to be around 140-150ms from the UK. Awards
Darth Yoda Posted May 12, 2010 Member ID: 934 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 19 Topic Count: 131 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 137 Achievement Points: 5656 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 19, 2014 Birthday: 08/16/1960 Posted May 12, 2010 I dont think ping and background programs conflict unless the programs eat away too much memory. But its still a good idea to kill unneeded stuff. Press Crtl-alt-del to bring up Task manager, look at Apps and processes. If you see something you dont need kill it by hitting end process. BE CAREFUL!!!!! Most are needed but Adobe, Quicktime and other stuff is a sure shot. Also click the start/run button type in msconfig/ok. Look at the tab that says startup (?, can't 'member offhand). These are things that start when you boot up. Again you'll see bunches of important and not important stuff. Google each entry and decide what you need to kill to reduce both boot times and improve system resources.
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