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The Freeman
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Okay, this is getting annoying as hell. Since about a few weeks ago (before that it was fine) my Vista PC has begun stuttering intermittently on certain programs for a second or so at a time. The video will freeze or slow to 1-2fps and the audio stops and starts with it like a record skipping. This can occur as frequently as once every 5 or 10 seconds or as little as once a minute, but it's very noticeable either way. Performance wise things still seem to run exactly the same besides this, and I haven't noticed any significant increase in load times or anything that would indicate the system is bogged down or something.
It seems to effect certain programs and files but not others. The main culprits are most videos and music (using Windows Media Player mostly) and even streaming videos like youtube some of the time. As far as games, it seems to vary - Sims 2 runs fine for example, whereas Audiosurf and a couple of emulators I use have very noticeable stuttering.
So far I've tried running a full system scan with Nod32, Spybot and Ad-Aware, and defragging (which took roughly 8 hours
), none of them to any avail. I've also gone through and uninstalled any unneeded programs and cleaned up temp files and the like. The only thing I haven't tried that's been suggested to me is cleaning up the registry, but I don't know exactly how I'd go about that or what to use (also I'm good at botching that sort of thing somehow).
Any bright ideas? Here's the system specs if it'll help -
Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000)
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz
1gb ram (unsure of speed)
Nvidia GeForce 7600GS (dxdiag puts it at 759mb memory, but that don't sound right)
320gb hard drive with 100gb+ free space
Any help is appreciated, cheers.
It seems to effect certain programs and files but not others. The main culprits are most videos and music (using Windows Media Player mostly) and even streaming videos like youtube some of the time. As far as games, it seems to vary - Sims 2 runs fine for example, whereas Audiosurf and a couple of emulators I use have very noticeable stuttering.
So far I've tried running a full system scan with Nod32, Spybot and Ad-Aware, and defragging (which took roughly 8 hours
), none of them to any avail. I've also gone through and uninstalled any unneeded programs and cleaned up temp files and the like. The only thing I haven't tried that's been suggested to me is cleaning up the registry, but I don't know exactly how I'd go about that or what to use (also I'm good at botching that sort of thing somehow).Any bright ideas? Here's the system specs if it'll help -
Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000)
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz
1gb ram (unsure of speed)
Nvidia GeForce 7600GS (dxdiag puts it at 759mb memory, but that don't sound right)
320gb hard drive with 100gb+ free space
Any help is appreciated, cheers.
