Lag is a term for delay or high latency. It means that the answer for a request is taking more time than expected.
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Windows 8 System.exe writes to HDD like crazy
I have a problem with Windows 8: System.exe starts accessing the hard drive and writing/reading like crazy for like 5-10minutes, it does it every 5 minutes and at the time the computer lags like ...
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Keyboard software problems
My keyboard (Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard) lags on random and frequent occasions. for example, if I'll press and hold 'u' the output would be "uuuuuuuuuuu"...gets frozen...and then the rest of ...
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USB mouse pointer lags when external HD is plugged in
So I just discovered the cause of my mouse's "random" lagging. I have a Microsoft 3500 USB mouse and a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB external hard drive. When the former is plugged in, everything is ...
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FPS drops despite throttlestop (nvidia optimus notebook)
Hello fellow superusers,
I have my asus k53sv notebook since ~ 1 year and had to fix a simmilar kind of FPS drops in games when I first got it.
The fix then was starting throttlestop before playing, ...
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Anybody know why video games are causing my internet to drop out? (but nothing else is)
Around 24 hours ago I started having troubles with my modem and/or router, where playing video games would cause my connection to drop in and out constantly, about 15 seconds on, 15 seconds off. ...
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Clicking/Moving mouse produces beeps, laggy keyboard key presses on pc start [closed]
I can't for the love of god figure this out. When starting my computer, sometimes when I open an application, my computer comes to a halt. These things happen:
-Pressing a button on my mouse produces ...
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How to troubleshoot laggy Lenovo L520?
I have an 18-month old Lenovo L520 (model 7859). It is extremely laggy in Windows 7, sometimes lagging up to 10 seconds before responding to a click or keystroke. (There are times when it will go ...
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GTX 670 video, audio and mouse lag
I got some stutter recently. without my GTX installed and using the intel hd 4000 graphics there is no issue. However after installing my Nvidia card and drivers I have some random stuttering.
This ...
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Computer lags when running video based applications
My computer is relatively new (3-4 years), has a terabyte hard disk that I haven't even scratched the surface of, and keeps lagging horribly.
It doesn't crash, because the problem (from what I have ...
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Mouse and videos lagging [duplicate]
For unknown reasons my computer lags at times. It happens in Google chrome and watching some videos. It will randomly lag, not very often but when it does its annoying. The video stutters and mouse ...
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My computer freezes all the time and shows that the hard drive is spinning at 100%, what the hell is it doing? [closed]
I have a ACER travelmate laptop. I use it all the time and play games on it that I have installed. It is a fast computer but recently it keeps on freezing, getting slower, lagging, and slower frame ...
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Graphics freeze whenever hard drive is accessed
Any time I'm playing a game (and even sometimes just using desktop programs), whenever the game accesses the hard drive the graphics freeze. Sometimes the audio stutters, most other times it doesn't.
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Roommate lagging internet connection by watching videos from Chinese website. Can QoS fix issue?
My roommate is an international student from China and likes to watch Chinese TV shows online using a website based in that region (we're on the U.S. East Coast). But it causes our network's latency ...
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Chrome mouse lag
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate (without reinstalling, an actual upgrade) and now I'm experiencing some really annoying mouse lag in Chrome. It seems to happen most often when there is a ...
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Difficulty watching streaming video
I have Verizon FIOS and until a few days ago had no problems at all with its performance. Recently, I've noticed sporadic difficulty streaming on sites like youtube.com and twitch.tv and was hoping to ...
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Internet connection really slow
For a while now, my internet connection has been seriously slow. I have changed ISP and there is still no difference. My main problem is when I play games, and it is literally unplayable. For example, ...
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Synergy choppiness: Is my wireless router delaying packets after silent period?
I am sharing keyboard and mouse between my Linux desktop and MacBook Air using Synergy. There is a very noticeable lag every time I begin moving my mouse (or start typing), but everything becomes ...
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Windows 8 Stutters / Lags on Video Playback
Ever Since i switched to Windows 8 i have been facing issues this is one of the most annoying issues i am having
Whenever i play uncompressed files Made from FRAPS / DXTORY the video stutters with ...
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How do I detect where a lag(+sound screeching) comes from?
I am experiencing a very annoying problem - every so often a lag strikes upon my poor PC running Windows 7 64bit, screeching my sound, slowing down everything and ravaging my cattle.
It usually ...
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Slow router page connection
I can log into my router using my router IP as expected. However, I get a very slow connection when I'm in the router management web interface. The internet connection is perfect, everything else ...
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“Windows Calculator” process running at 100%, virus? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get rid of malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC?
Yesterday my gf was browsing one site and clicked one of those tricky and shady ads. ...
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Laptop lagging, can't shut down
My laptop has this problem where after a couple of hours it starts lagging to the point that its unusable. When I try to restart it, it just hangs on the "Restarting" screen. I always end up hard ...
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Multiple LANs - network lag
I have a home network setup with a single router that everyone connects to. Sometimes my roommates would have some programs opened that would lag the entire network.
So I've seen setups that have ...
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IOMMU lag: Linked to cause AV sync issues in VM. Workaround?
Very simply, I turn it on, it de-syncs.
I turn it off, it doesn't.
Does this in windows 7 and 8.
In 8 things stop working. (maybe an EFI related thing I dont understand?)
And im not completely sure ...
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Mouse scrolling lags in Windows 8 apps
I'm running Windows 8 Pro on my desktop, and something's been bugging me for a while now.
On regular programs, the ones which run "inside the desktop app", scrolling with a scroll wheel is as smooth ...
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Significant OS X lag when listing directories/files
I'm experiencing some significant OS X lag when listing directories/files. I originally thought it was purely an issue with Finder, and not the HD or any other part of OS X, however I have since ...
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Will audio lag behind video when streaming over bluetooth?
I'm contemplating buying a bluetooth enabled speaker set for main use with my computer. What got me worried is if there is any delay when sending audio over bluetooth? For listening to music it should ...
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How come my internet speed is not constant?
I've had this PC for 4 years now, and I've always been having this same problem. For some reason, roughly once every minute, my internet connection will freeze, then resume. Not long enough to ...
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Latency problems at different times of the day [closed]
I'm with Telstra, and basically when it's early in the morning I get 190 ping the average for me, but when it passes 11-12am the ping slowly raises, by 3pm I'm stuck with 300 ping and up, it doesn't ...
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Laptop is overheating and lagging but doesn't shut down
I am using a Sony VAIO vgn-tz2500 laptop, and it's overheating when I watch Flash movies (Youtube etc.) and it starts to lag. I had a computer before that had problems with overheating but it shut ...
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Second screen video lag in windows 8
I have a (pretty old now) Radeon 4870 which I'm using in my windows 8 box. Its using the WDDM (1.1) drivers.
When I have a full screen app open on my primary monitor anything running on the secondary ...
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Why are my favorite websites becoming slower, over months? [closed]
I spend a lot of my time at sites for watching online videos: youtube, gorillavid, thedailyshow.com etc. I used to watch the videos in full screen mode, and then that became very laggy. So, I ...
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HD videos lag on YouTube, but not on media player [closed]
I have just bought a new computer, here are the specs:
4GB DDR3 RAM;
AMD Athlon X2 260 2.1 Ghz;
Nvidia GeForce GT 220 1 GB
I have installed the newest Adobe Flash version and the HD videos on ...
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Eclipse-based applications produce mouse and sound lags under Windows 7
Strange problem. I have a huge Eclipse-based application that frequently spawns copy of its self. On each copy launch there is mouse and sound lags, overall responsiveness of a system is just terrible ...
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Switchable graphics on HP DV6 6140tx
I have a HP DV6 6140tx which has an i7 , and AMD 6770M .
Skyrim, Prince of Persia -TWo thrones, NFS Carbon.. are the games I have played on it so far, however they are sort of laggy (i.e 18-22fps on ...
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Does the size of a monitor impact game performance?
I just build a brand new computer and I am having an issue while playing Minecraft.
The new computer is an Inel i7 3820K with 32GB of RAM and 3 WD Black 1TB drives in a RAID 0 using th e Intel Matrix ...
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AMD Phenom II core speed keeps going up and down, cool & quiet is off
I have an AMD Phenom II X4 955 that keeps going up and down between 800mhz and 3.2ghz. The multiplier also goes up and down between 4x and 16x. It does this several times a second regardless of load ...
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HP Probook 4530s great specs, but lagging. Hard Drive?
I have this laptop, which has a i3 processor, 4gb memory, 7200rpm hard drive. So there is nothing wrong with the specs.
Even when I have no applications open, simply closing and opening windows, ...
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Windows XP started lagging, sounds are crazy
my windows XP suddenly started lagging, sounds are crazy. It looks the sounds became "slowlier" and mouse movement is laggy too. The whole system bootstraps slowlier. Memtest OK, checkdisks are done.
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Keyboard input lagging in Linux Mint
I have a strange problem with my newly installed Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon.
Sometimes, while I'm typing, the system does not register some of my inputs. And sometimes, it gets 'stuck' on a key and ...
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Hard drive write speed - finding a lighter antivirus? [closed]
I recently have been getting a lot of system lag here (for example, the mouse and the display in general take about 15 seconds to react in the worst cases).
After a lot of monitoring the resources, I ...
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Soundcard “lags” and freezes when under heavy load
This has only just started happening.When running on heavy load,after about half an hour the sound seems to laaaagggg and blip..Its only recently started happening (annoyingly whilst playing to about ...
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SSD and intel i5 lagging
My "new" notebook has some really wierd lags during work, youtube video etc etc... Sometimes it has bluescreen during booting, sometimes after reboot. All my drivers are updated and SSD firmware too.
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Request-to-send flood on Wireless Network
I'm experiencing constant intermittent lag spikes from my wireless network and decided the investigate using wireshark.
I found out that during one of the spikes, the transmitting address (Station ...
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What's causing my intranet bandwidth to be slow/low during file transfer?
I have a network in place, where I have a desktop wireless connecting to a Linksys E4200 series gigabit router, and a Nexstar NAS gigabit enclosure connected to the router via Cat 5e patch cable. To ...
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What are possible causes of keyboard lag on my desktop machine?
I am running Windows 7 and began experiencing keyboard lag in most applications, and it seems to be getting worse. Certain websites are the worst - on some, I can type a sentence, take my hands off ...
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Is there a Chrome-like plugin container for Firefox?
This is exact opposite of Is there a Firefox-like plugin container for Chrome.
With my 100+ tabs open in FF, there are two and a half alternatives:
use plugin-container and get it eat CPU, memory ...
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Does WiFi LAN gaming affect the internet of other users?
I know it probably slows down the network for the ones that are engaged in the LAN multiplayer game because the packet queue gets filled up, but does it affect other users that are accessing the ...
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System stuttering caused by hard drive
My system keeps freezing for about 1-2 second every time I try to do something. For example, when I enter URL in browser, it freezes and starts working after few seconds. It is probably related to ...
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Ping spikes of ~2500ms constantly
Starting today, I have been experiencing ping spikes while playing a few games. It happens on every game but only on this computer - my other computers which share the same router have no problems. I ...
