Keyclone disrupting fps

I'm having fps issues when running a single instance of WoW. My computer is top-of-the-line, I can run 3 instances of WoW with max graphics with stable 30 fps on all windows, so my hardware is not the problem.
I use two monitors, so I run WoW through Keyclone even when only running one instance because of the focus follows mouse function.

The fps cap is set to 60, both when the window is active and when it'sin background. However, it often tends to drop down to exactly 30.0 fps.
Anyone knows if there's some setting in Keyclone that I could use to make the fps stick to 60?
And then, an off-topic-ish issue. Since I run WoW in windowed mode, I have to set the taskbar to auto-hide so it wont sit there, blocking my action bars. Whenever I get a message via MSN, my taskbar pops up and sets the fps to 10 until I select the MSN window and put it to front. My question is: Can I set MSN to only play the sound when a new message is received, NOTHING else?

My fps usually drops to 30 if i'm running WoW in windowed mode and don't have vsync enabled. Perhaps it is the same thing?

No idea on MSN :)

When u setup your wow in Keyclone it has a option maxfps and maxfpsbk or something alike its 2 text boxes, those are for setting the maximum fps in wow and the maximum FPS for when wow is on the background (usually your slaves)

If you want to set this higher, just set both of them to 60.
http://solidice.com/keyclone/keyclone_v1.7u_command.jpg

i'm at work, so i don't have the exact wording here... but...

i found the vertical sync and bit sampling to limit my fps. i unchecked the vertical sync and set the vertical sampling to 24 bit, 16 samples, 1 bit (or whatever it is.. the numbers are 24 / 16 / 1)

if you are using 1 folder, log in a single wow... set those settings, and exit. then restart all your wows. they should all get those settings.

and of course, setting your maxfpsbk AND maxfps is critical. if you only set one, you won't be limiting the fps

good luck,

Rob