Yea... I have a wonderful solution for you. Scan for viruses first of all... then, and here comes the really hard part, DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON EXCEPT VENT AND CS WHILE YOU ARE PLAYING... That for one would solve the problem temporarily by not gettting IM's while you're playing and also it won't lag you while you're in-game also. PLUS... all those programs that you have running while you're playing, won't be taking up any of that neccesary CPU usage that you badly need while you're playing.