My computer is relatively new; I do not have a lot of junk on it. When I first got the computer, I ripped a few of my CDs onto Windows Media Player. After having about 500 songs, my computer's sound started getting choppy. The visualizations on Windows Media Player also got choppy. I deleted all the songs, thinking that maybe I have just too much on the computer for it to handle; it didn't solve the problem though. I frequently use Disc Cleanup and Disc Defragmentor to free up space and I have no games or anything of that sort. I currently have no songs saved on the computer but still, whenever I put in a CD, it never plays properly (all kinds of CDs; brand new right out of the package, and burned CDs). When I load my computer up, the little sound that plays when Windows starts (the classic doo-doo-doo) is also choppy. I don't download music and I have virus protection so I don't think I have a virus. It isn't my speakers because I've tried two different sets of speakers. Is there anyway to get my visualizations and music playback right again? It used to work so perfectly :-/
Thanks for any help you can offer. -Matt