"Galen" wrote:

> In newsD238494-9879-453F-ABE5-1D2ED9B5BF22@microsoft.com,
> Mo4ya <Mo4ya@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > PLEASE HELP. Whenever I listen to my mp3/wav viles using media
> > player or itunes or anything and open up anything else (IExplorer,
> > word, excel) the song files slow down and crackles and pops, and then
> > when the program finally opens up, it runs smoothly again. 512mb
> > ram, 1.4 Athlon, soundblaster live
> > 5.1 (yes I have updated the drivers). I have enough memory, 160 gig
> > hard drive. Don't know what the problem is. Bought a new sound card
> > to see if that was the problem but it still does the same thing.
>
> Could you elaborate on the pop sound? I'm not sure about the slowing down
> but this is an interesting one. It could be that you're using a poorly coded
> security application that's trying to scan the files as they open? I guess
> my first guess would be one of the popular brand antivirus or security
> suites that would be likely to do that. The pop sound? I get that sort of
> often if I'm anywhere near the PC with my cell phone as it's pinging the
> towers. That wouldn't account for it slowing down though. If you're using an
> infected PC then malware could EASILY be eating the additional CPU cycles
> and making it slow down though. A popping may be a side effect of that.
>
> Malware Cleaners and Repair :
> http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html
>
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
> furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
> lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

My girlfriend has the same problem on her computer ... i've been trying to
fix it for the last 3 hours. Any loading or cpu usage at all will make her
sound sound distorted, choppy, and slowed down. As soon as the cpu is done
working it plays normal. I've ran spyware removals, anti-viruses, a2
scanner, removed unused programs, all while being on hold for 2 and half
hours with dell support. Computer is a Dell Dimension DIM3000 Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz 2.79 GHz, 512 MB of RAM. By the way, I'm still on
hold with Dell. It doesn't matter what audio program it is. Any ideas?