I'd suspect the sound card drivers too... does
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
help?

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"Tom Edwards" <TomEdwards@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sometimes when I play a song in WMP10, the first half second will be cut
> off.
> If I wait a few seconds and play the file again, it usually plays from the
> beginning as expected.
>
> I don't have any DSP software or plug-ins installed. I'm using a Realtek
> onboard soundcard with the standard Windows drivers, but the problem is
> still
> there with the latest offial drivers. I don't notice this problem in any
> other programs. I have stereo speakers.
>
> What should I do?