music skips windows vista

I recently upgraded to the Beta of Vista and one of the only problems I've encountered is the skipping of Music. It doesn't matter if the music is being played from a CD, in Windows Media Player, Itunes, or being streamed from the Internet, all music files skip as if the disk is scratched. I have a brand new very fast computer that played music fine on XP. Any Help would be much appreciated.

Most likely a driver issue. I have a SigmaTel on my Sony Vaio and it plays content OK. Also, Vista has "Debug" code and the system is probably heavily loaded (Memory/CPU). You could use either the TaskMgr (Processes TAB) or SysInternals Process Explorer to view the loading on your computer. You didn't mention which Audio card or chipset is on your PC - but you may need to see if the vendor is offering Vista Beta drivers for it.
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I recently upgraded to the Beta of Vista and one of the only problems I've encountered is the skipping of Music. It doesn't matter if the music is being played from a CD, in Windows Media Player, Itunes, or being streamed from the Internet, all music files skip as if the disk is scratched. I have a brand new very fast computer that played music fine on XP. Any Help would be much appreciated.