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Microsoft® Windows Media® Player 11 Delays, Skips, or Pauses Music Playback in Windows Vista®

Journal ID:   100400R2L4
Article ID:  316140
Date Published:  17/12/2007
Last Revised:  26/09/2009

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You may experience one of the following problems when playing music files (e.g., .MP3, .WMA) in Microsoft® Windows Media® Player 11 in  Windows Vista®:

  • There is approximately 6-10 seconds of silence between each song with the message Media Changing.
  • The last 15-20 seconds of music stutters or skips.

Note:  
  This issue has not been reported in Windows Media Player 11 in Windows XP.  


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» Solution

  1. Click Start, and type sound.

  2. Click Sound.

  3. In the Sound window, click Speakers/Headphones and then Properties.

  4. In the Speakers/Headphones Properties window, click the Enhancements tab.

  5. Click to check the Disable All Enhancements checkbox.

  6. Click Apply and then OK.

  7. In the Speakers/Headphones Properties window, click Apply and then OK.
    The Sound window closes.


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