Videos And Music Skips

[Xrob23X]

When i play music or a video, its starts normally but after a few seconds it skips/jumps. it also happens to my cursor when am just searching the internet.

any ideas

Cheers

Rob

[richk]

You could start task manager and see if anything funny is running

[Temetka]

Machine specs? What OS? Media player of choice? etc.

more info is needed.

[Xrob23X]

Intel Pentium M Proccessor 1600Mhz, 589Mhz, 256mb ram, Windows Xp SP2,
Music Files - I Tunes
Video - Windows Media Player/Cliprex DVD Player

[Temetka]

My first guess is that you should upgrade the RAM and then defrag your hard drive. 256MB of RAM is pretty skimpy for what you are attempting to do. I wouldn't be surprised if you are hitting the hard drive a lot, which will slow the machine down.

[dr_st]

256MB not enough for playing music? Are you kidding me?

[danage]

yes depending on which kind of soft he has installed 256 might get in the way of music playback. get at least 512mb additional ram, i would recommend.

anti-virus software for example is known for draining system resources.

[rkawakami]

256MB and Windows XP is cutting it pretty thin. I'd also vote for a little more memory in order to prevent disk swapping.

[Temetka]

Or downgrade to windows 2000

[Xrob23X]

Cheers ppl most appreciated

[sktn77a]

Press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> to bring up Task Manager and click the Performance tab. Look at the CPU usage and see if its 100% when the music skips/freezes. If it does, click on the Processes tab and look for what's hogging the CPU.