It may be time to defrag the disks. Ignore that Windows comment that they don't need defragged at this time, that does not take streaming audio into account.

I doubt this is caused by the order in which you do things, although I wouldn't rule that out entirely I just don't think that is the case here.

>5gb of disk space doesn't say anything about the total disk size. Rule of thumb, I want about 15% of the drive to be empty for this kind of work. 10% anyway.

Defrag is important, remembering back to the first time I installed all the RealTracks when they first came out, I had all sorts of stuttering at playback, hangs and the like while just attempting to play songs. Didn't even get so far as the jukebox then, but a defrag cured those issues. Now, I just do the defrag after any time I install RealTracks, such as when the upgrades come out.

As for screensavers, well, it depends on the type of screensaver. The standard Windows-included screensavers seem to work fine with BiaB streaming songs, but we have indeed seen some instances of aftermarket Screensavers that also run background programs such as Antivirus programs get in the way of the needed resources. Please understand that I'm just trying to cover all possible bases in an effort to help out, experience on this forum has taught me that, indeed, just about anything may help the poster figure out their problem, you never know.

One thing that *might* get to the bottom of all this a lot quicker - PGMusic support tollfree hotline. With one of the PCs in front of you and ready to go, they may be able to pinpoint what's going on and help you solve this.


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