Windows Media Player 11 Lagging

No, I still get the same issue with nothing else running. All my background
processes are relatively normal, and nothing eating too much resources.

"orange" wrote:

>
> "Gavin" <Gavin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E3ED52A5-EAA9-412E-9E98-21008F9EF0A9@microsoft.com...

> > Hi All,
> >
> > One of my laptops seems to have a bit of a problem. When trying to open
> > any
> > music file, it can lag for up to two minutes, and when moving to the next
> > song, media player hangs and the hdd light is quite solid. Have tried
> > obvious
> > things like defragging, but to no avail.
> >
> > Cheers, Gavin
> >

>
> Too much running in the back ground ?
>
> Cheers,
> jerry
>
>
>

"Gavin" <Gavin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0AD17D8-10AD-4772-8746-421E462D98BC@microsoft.com...

> No, I still get the same issue with nothing else running. All my
> background
> processes are relatively normal, and nothing eating too much resources.
>
> "orange" wrote:
>

>>
>> "Gavin" <Gavin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E3ED52A5-EAA9-412E-9E98-21008F9EF0A9@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > One of my laptops seems to have a bit of a problem. When trying to open
>> > any
>> > music file, it can lag for up to two minutes, and when moving to the
>> > next
>> > song, media player hangs and the hdd light is quite solid. Have tried
>> > obvious
>> > things like defragging, but to no avail.
>> >
>> > Cheers, Gavin
>> >

>>
>> Too much running in the back ground ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> jerry
>>
>>
>>

>

Something is hogging resources.

Run your antivirus.

Turn off all non-essential services (google startup list or see here) :

http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html

or

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

Use this to see what's running (at boot up, services and ressources) :

http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html

Cheers,
Jerry