A problem has recently cropped up on my AMD based XP Pro system, that's
driving me nuts.

While surfing the internet, I usually have mp3's playing in the
background on WMP, I have never had any problems doing this until
recently. Now it seems that any internet activiity causes WMP and any
other players to freeze.

I can listen to mp3's with no problem until I open Firefox (haven''t
tried with IE) then it's like russian roulette with every url click
until eventually I click on a link then my whole system freezes
completely in a loud audio loop. The only way to bring it back is to
turn the power off and restart.

Again, I usually have music going in the background anytime that I'm
surfing but now it's impossible without a complete system freeze up.

Any ideas as to what is going on here?

Sounds very much like a conflict between your audio card driver and your
network driver.
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay help, but check for audio card and network card driver
updates. =\

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(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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<davec69@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>A problem has recently cropped up on my AMD based XP Pro system, that's
> driving me nuts.
>
> While surfing the internet, I usually have mp3's playing in the
> background on WMP, I have never had any problems doing this until
> recently. Now it seems that any internet activiity causes WMP and any
> other players to freeze.
>
> I can listen to mp3's with no problem until I open Firefox (haven''t
> tried with IE) then it's like russian roulette with every url click
> until eventually I click on a link then my whole system freezes
> completely in a loud audio loop. The only way to bring it back is to
> turn the power off and restart.
>
> Again, I usually have music going in the background anytime that I'm
> surfing but now it's impossible without a complete system freeze up.
>
> Any ideas as to what is going on here?
>