In news:19559EB9-FAC0-419F-A223-393D8FA0F6B8@microsoft.com,
Audio <Audio@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> 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?

No. <g> Well, not really. But I'm going to guess if you don't mind. I'd
GUESS that it's either a hardware issue or you need to update the drivers
for the sound card. As it's happening with any player that indicates to me
that it's one of those problems. Have you tried upgrading the drivers? I
think that's where I'd start with that actually.


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