Fps spikes / weird programs

[Desecration]

Okay so I will be in a game with normal 20-50 pings. 100 Fps. All of a sudden I will get fps lag for a few seconds. Ping's spike to 200+, fps drops to 2-4. I can not move but I can get shot as if I'm just standing there. Everyone notices it and make remarks; "your a bit spiky Desecration" "man you spike!" etc.

I have defragged, disk cleanup, virus scan, etc.

Most of the time when this happens a program on my task bar "wuauclt" or "LUCOMS~1.EXE" will pop up. When these are up I can notice screen lag and must alt+tab and close those programs to rid of my lag.

Also I've ntoiced a pattern within these spikes. The night my friend stayed over my game ran smoothly(no spikes). The next day I got on and spiked a lot. The next day I didn't have any spikes.

Some days I will spike for a few hours and after that I don't spike again.

It's all at random times, I'm guessing.



Any solutions? Is it my video card? Need more memory? Need to do soemtype of scan or something?



I attached a replay of showing when I spike, if that helps.

[Desecration]

Bump .

[C.C]

When accessing the Internet, after approx. 10 minutes
this program appears in Task Manager and CPU = 100%. I
can't download anything because the system is so slow.
Can you help??

LiveUpdate Engine COM Module. LUCOMSERVER is entirely to do with Norton's
LiveUpdate, whether you have Norton AntiVirus, Norton PCAnywhere, Norton
Personal Firewall, or Norton Internet Security. It only appears in your
Task List if you happen to bring up the Task List at the very moment that
Norton's LiveUpdate is checking whether there are software or virus
definitions updates, or if LiveUpdate is in the process of downloading
updates (LUCOMS~1 is the 8.3 DOS name for the program and only shows as such
if somehow your system has lost its ability to display long program names).

Recommendation :
Do nothing. As soon as LiveUpdate finishes LUCOMSERVER will disappear from
your Task List. If LiveUpdate is not allowed to finish (your connection to
the Internet is closed), or is waiting for end-user input, LUCOMSERVER will
remain in the Task List.

If you have trouble with it not ending, either contact symantecs support or
try a reinstall or nortons.

So...do you have norton?

[Desecration]

Originally Posted by C.C

So...do you have norton?

Yes, I end the LUCOMS~1 and the LucomsCallbackProxy's all at the same time and nothing bad happens.

When my norton updates a NAVW32 or something pops up and my CPU hits 100%. I wait it out.

[Desecration]

Edited my first post with a replay, if that helps.

[jappeX]

Is the wuauclt.exe that starts up located in C:\Windows\System32?

Use hijackthis or something to find out.

The legit one has something to do with windows updates, tho. You sure the sudden FPS lag isn't caused by this?

[Desecration]

Originally Posted by jappeX

Is the wuauclt.exe that starts up located in C:\Windows\System32?

Use hijackthis or something to find out.

The legit one has something to do with windows updates, tho. You sure the sudden FPS lag isn't caused by this?

Not all the time, sometime it causes it.

Other times I get the spike and it's not open.

I'll look it up.


I did a search for it and found this:

[Inunitsa]

wuauclt.exe its windows ipdate task

ya it makes lags

[Desecration]

Originally Posted by Inunitsa

wuauclt.exe its windows ipdate task

ya it makes lags

How to fix?

'cause it lags even when it's not running.

[xFrankiee]

Any solution? I'm having the same problem.

[Captain_Cool]

virus scan

[Desecration]

Bump. ...............

[Akatsuki_Ichigo]

If it has to do with Windows Update, I suggest simply turning off Automatic Updates.

If It's a problem with Norton, then there isn't much I can really say other than to uninstall it and try finding a different, ~Hopefully better~ program.

And that's all the advice I can really give without knowing more. ~I skimmed through this threads posts~

Hope that helps though, good luck.

Oh wait, a off-topic bit of advice concerning lag issues, if you haven't portforwarded Gunz, I suggest you do, It's TCP/UDP ports 7700 - 7800 Inbound/Outbound

-DG

[Dominate]

wow thats like exactly the same problem I have. I also have wuaclt.exe that pops-up when im on gunz and i have to alt tab.

[Unisane]

turn off automatic updates and firewall (windows default firewall sucks)