[Chainy The Cold]

You need to clean up your background applications by doing the following: *Go to the Windows Start menu. *Click on Run, type:■ msconfig *Click on OK *Go to the Startup tab, uncheck every item except "system tray"-leave only "system tray" checked *Click on Apply, Click on OK, restart your computer This will help clear out the unnecessary background programs you have loading on your computer which cause excessive system bus traffic and interference with the game.