YankeeJim:
My advice to you, Jake, is get your msconfig file cleaned up (absolute no-brainer), look at going to the 64 bit version of Windows 7 (64 bit systems handle large amounts of RAM better) and dedicate Comodo Dragon to the game. Period. Get to that point and then see what happens. I'll be a monkey's uncle if it doesn't make your game more playable than it's ever been. For reference here's what my msconfig file looks like.
At the end of the day, THIS is probably the best post ion this thread.
I have taken the time to read through everything.
I usually keep my startup minimal anyway, who am i to assume everyone else does
all those icons next to your clock, 90% of them dont need to be there, Printer Monitors, Adobe Loaders, MSN,
As well as all the toolbars people love to install for whatever .. reason.
ZTheres a nother thrread ging at the moment with someone with a 3 week old laptop
"But its new"
probably already filled with start up junk, possibly an onboard video card sharing 2gb of memory on win7, completely under specc'd.. and paid $499 fot iot expecting it to be a GAMING machine. when all it will really do is be suitable for a student using MS word and searching google.
I digress.
Do what YankeeJIm has suggested here, & run CCleaner (Which can also edit msconfig settings) to clean everything else up on your pc thats 'hanging' around.
Use a dedicated browser for WGT , I suggest CHROME , Comodo is BS (IF you use one of their DNS servers). clear cache history cookies, before logging in..
all 'should' be sweet. The only other variable from there , is Network. You own drivers, ISP Quality, etc