My Windows Media Player starts skipping when it gets toward the end of one
song before it goes to another.

Re: player skipping by Neil

Neil
Tue Jul 08 15:06:01 PDT 2008

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:26:03 -0700, Vinny
<Vinny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My Windows Media Player starts skipping when it gets toward the end of one
>song before it goes to another.

Dell has a support article on this issue, which affects Sigmatel audio
chipsets and the drivers supplied to manufacturers :

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=vista&thread.id=6860

The basic steps to fix are (1) update audio drivers, and (2) disable
audio enhancements in media player as detailed in the article.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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