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Basically, when I'm on the computer, I have about 20 FF tabs open, DC++, and VLC Media player or Winamp running.
For some reason, despite the fact that my PC has 3gigs of RAM, sound/video on VLC/Winamp starts stuttering whenenevr I refresh more than 2/3 tabs in Firefox. I have SP1. Is there any solution to this?

And yeah, I don't bloody want Linux, or Leopard. :P

Edit: Was playing a song on winamp; when I clicked the button to post this thread, it stuttered again till the page fully loaded.
 
Dude, leave your problem aside, can you please explain the title you choose for the topic? Seriously man!!
If you are such a fanboi of XP, then why dont you remove Vista and instal XP again? Stick to the stuff you trust and belive in.

As for your problem, what RAM & CPU usage does FF show? I mean it might be FF which might be hogging up the CPU when you refresh the tabs after having 20 tabs open. Am not asking you to change your browser, but try and see if this happens while using the other browsers too; IE7 or IE8, Opera, Chrome, whichever else you have installed.

Another solution, you are never gonne be reading 20 tabs all together, you might as well open them in groups of 5.

Another solution, set the CPU affinity of Firefox to core 1 and your music player to core 2.

Just saw the RAM you have in your SIG, most probably a RAM issue. 20 Tabs is bound to eat up loads of RAM, and on Vista, you require atleast 1 GB for smooth functioning.
 
try both the above first. If it doesn't work,

See whether Windows Media Player also has the same problem.

If no, upgrade ur version of Winamp and upgrade ur audio drivers. Most problems are because of old drivers in Vista.

If yes, disable hardware acceleration in direct sound preferences and then try.

The second option should resolve this because earlier Vista had some issue with directsound in some AC97 supporting systems. Anyway, give it a try and let us know if it works...:hap2:

alsiladka said:
Just saw the RAM you have in your SIG, most probably a RAM issue. 20 Tabs is bound to eat up loads of RAM, and on Vista, you require atleast 1 GB for smooth functioning.
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This does not apply because he has 3GB of RAM contrary to what mentioned in his sig.

Are u running the songs from some CD's. If yes, check whether DMA is working properly.

Why is ur thread title XP>Vista when u have reported a audio issue? Vague title buddy.:bleh:
 
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