Maverickmonk
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The stutters you're getting are probably from the priority setting of your audio driver. I've had the same problem with my VAIO actually. It happens when the audio driver, or audio player, is kicked to the bottom of the heap as far as processor time, and causes stutters and drop outs. You can set your priority temporarily via the task manager, but to set it permanently, you will need to install an add-on called Prio, which adds a permanent priority option to processes in the task manager. http://www.askvg.com/how-to-permanently-set-process-priority-in-windows-task-manager. On some applications you can adjust the I/O priority as well, which may help.
switching from Aero probably helped because Aero is a memory hog. As for the external USB bus, it probably has some sort buffer in it that helps mitigate the problem
switching from Aero probably helped because Aero is a memory hog. As for the external USB bus, it probably has some sort buffer in it that helps mitigate the problem