What dvd playing software did you install? Have you looked for updates to
this? Updates to the audio and video cards?

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
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"xsive2" <xsive2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had to clean out a friends laptop, due to high infestation. He didn't
>have
> the original discs so I reloaded it with a brand new windows xp home
> edition.
> It will play dvds but when I do, the sound stutters ( it does play cds )
> It
> is a fujitsu lifebook 2120- if that matters. This once happened to me with
> my
> dell. I had to reload windows and the dvd sound stuttered. I called dell
> and
> after 3 hrs of phone tech support, the gentleman sent me a patch to
> download
> and asked if I had recently updated windows. I was so happy to finish the
> phone call, I never found out exactly what happened. can someone explain
> this
> to me and help me get back quality dvd sound?