brome09

Alright, for some reason out of the blue today my computer started lagging like crazy. It happened when I opened Dragon Age:Origins and the game ran at 1-3 fps. I played it yesterday fine with maxed settings and no problems 60fps solid with v-sync on. Now whenever I play the game it lags to such an extent that I can't play. Checking Windows Task Manager it says I'm using 50-60% of my CPU power while idling with no programs running and none of the processes listed is using more than 4% total of my cpu power.

Any ideas as to what this is or how I can solve it?

Thanks.

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brome09

Nevermind, process explorer showed me that McAfee was eating up my resources and not showing up in Windows Task Manager...

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Kernel Klink

McAfee IS a virus. my suggestion would be to reinstall a fresh copy of Windows and keep McAfee at least 50 yards away at all times.

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brome09

Too bad it's not my decision to run it, US Navy feels it's the best program to protect my computer...

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LuckySe7ens

the navy doesnt let you decide what a/v you run on your computer?

Just shut down the program?

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Explosm

brome09

Nope, it's entirely up to them and whenever I disable it (even just disabling the on access scanner that bogs down my system) it re-enables itself automatically every 15 min or so. Gay.

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