Sometimes when i have media player playing and then browse a web site the sound drags as I scroll down the site, does anyone know why. It does'nt always happen, I have the virtual memory setting as high as it will go.

thanks

anybody have any ideas

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I have had this and similar problems... first I free'd up some memory and it helped but then it came back again so I bought some more ram and its forever gone...

Try killing off some of your processes. You may just have too much stuff running thats hogging your cpu/memory. Check in task manager and sort by CPU use. I've had some runaway/background process do that to me.

you use windows media player?

winamp is much better :wink:

Get a better computer. :lol:

[quote=MJDub]Get a better computer. :lol:[/quote]

good point! i never could get rid of that problem on my 4 year old laptop. tried everything i could think of. got new desktop. np.

[quote=thezzapper][quote=MJDub]Get a better computer. :lol:[/quote]

good point! i never could get rid of that problem on my 4 year old laptop. tried everything i could think of. got new desktop. np.[/quote]

I wish I could get a new computer everytime I had problems.. 1 or 2 new a month... alittle to expensive!

:roll:

[quote=swedetech][quote=thezzapper][quote=MJDub]Get a better computer. :lol:[/quote]

good point! i never could get rid of that problem on my 4 year old laptop. tried everything i could think of. got new desktop. np.[/quote]

I wish I could get a new computer everytime I had problems.. 1 or 2 new a month... alittle to expensive!

:roll:[/quote]

Then get better knowledge of computers. :lol: :wink:

happens to me too at work. more RAM and a faster processor should sort it out. and dont try to do 1000 things at once.

Step 1: remove the plug from the unit

Step 2: open window

Step 3: discard computer through open window

Step 4: retrieve computer from bush/tree/flowerbed

Step 5: reconnect computer to electricity

Step 6: you win!

Take it off scratch master mode. wikkie wikiie wikkie :lol: My attempt at scratching of course. :wink:

Yeah bro go with winamp that'd be my advice Not sure what going on because it's not happening all the time right?

Is there anyother media running in the browser or trying to run inside one of your browsers? That's another reason to get rid of media player. My guess is wimamp will fix this problem.

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[quote=swedetech]I have had this and similar problems... first I free'd up some memory and it helped but then it came back again so I bought some more ram and its forever gone...[/quote] Probably best. About the virtual memory... setting it high isn't exactly good because then windows has to write and rewrite all the time. what you shoudl do is to multiple the amount of ram you have by 2.5. for example if you have 256MB then set the virtual memory to 640MB BOTH MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM. what this does is prevent windows from writing and deleting to change the page file size (virtual memory file). get it??? give it a try, it might work out for you.

thanks guys, stil happening sometimes,, the pc is only 6 months old so isn't ready for the three story dive yet, and it does the smae in Winamp, I will try more RAM I guess

its the RAm for sure, had the same problem..... hope it helps...