distorted sound apparently fr hard drive

I have windows XP SP2 but I can't get sound without major distortion during
streaming OR when playing a CD ORplaying from previously loaded CD's. I
checked the sound drivers which are reported to be working properly. Can you
help me with easy to understand language? could a family member playing
computer games contribute to this problem?
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thank you for considering this request!

On Jan 10, 12:19*pm, Kahlua <Kah...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have windows XP SP2 but I can't get sound without major distortion during
> streaming OR when playing a CD ORplaying from previously loaded CD's. *I
> checked the sound drivers which are reported to be working properly. *Can you
> help me with easy to understand language? could a family member playing
> computer games contribute to this problem?
> --
> thank you for considering this request!

Streaming audio distortion can be cause by slow Internet connections
and slow hard drive reads. Streaming audio is normally downloaded to
a local hard drive (temporary folder) and then played. Sometimes by
defragmenting your hard drive can help.

What about the other half of the question? I have the same problem in that
audio stored on my pc or played from the cd-rom is distorted like a vinyl
record jumping. Any clues anyone?

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Jan 10, 12:19 pm, Kahlua <Kah...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I have windows XP SP2 but I can't get sound without major distortion during
> > streaming OR when playing a CD ORplaying from previously loaded CD's. I
> > checked the sound drivers which are reported to be working properly. Can you
> > help me with easy to understand language? could a family member playing
> > computer games contribute to this problem?
> > --
> > thank you for considering this request!
>
> Streaming audio distortion can be cause by slow Internet connections
> and slow hard drive reads. Streaming audio is normally downloaded to
> a local hard drive (temporary folder) and then played. Sometimes by
> defragmenting your hard drive can help.
>
>