| So you're playing WOW, just about to engage in battle | | | | to make sure they are closed. |
| and the dreaded "lag" starts to make your game run | | | | Step 3 (The Trick) - Clean Out The Registry - One of |
| as slow as a snail? This is a problem affecting many | | | | the biggest reasons why WOW runs slow (and not |
| World of Warcraft players and is actually a lot easier | | | | many people know this) is because of the 'registry' |
| to fix than you might think. Here's what you need to | | | | inside Windows. The registry is a database where |
| do... | | | | Windows stores all the settings and information that |
| Step 1 - Check Your Internet Connection - Because | | | | your software can use to help them "remember" |
| WOW runs on the Internet, it's essential that you have | | | | various settings. The registry database is simple huge, |
| a fast connection to process the masses of data this | | | | with 1,000's of settings inside. Games like WOW need |
| game needs to send and receive. To test to see if | | | | to read many of these settings to help them run, and |
| your connection is okay, you should click onto Google | | | | one of the biggest reasons why they run slow is |
| and type "broadband speed test". When this loads, | | | | because they are constantly unable to read the |
| click on the first result and then try the speed test. If | | | | settings and options they need in the fastest time. |
| you find your connection speed is not as fast as you | | | | The registry of Windows is prone to becoming |
| are paying for, you may wish to talk to your Internet | | | | damaged & corrupted through overuse. This is a major |
| company about the problem. | | | | problem for all Windows systems, but it's one which is |
| Step 2 - Close Other Programs - In order to make | | | | actually very easy to fix. The hidden trick to making |
| sure your Internet is running as fast as possible, you | | | | WOW run faster is to use a 'registry cleaner' to fix all |
| should close down the other programs that might be | | | | of the damaged and corrupt settings that can make |
| running in the "background" of your system. Many | | | | the game run slow. You can download one of these |
| people have programs such as AIM, MSN and Skype | | | | tools from the Internet and it will scan through your PC |
| running which dramatically slow down Internet speeds. | | | | and remove all the settings that are causing problems |
| If you have Teamspeak open, then that's okay... but if | | | | on it. |
| you have any other programs running, then you need | | | | |