If John's suggestions don't help (and they probably will), do you have a wireless Internet connection? I've often seen that cause 'staggering' playback. One way to observe if this is the case is to download and run the excellent utility, DPC Latency Checker.

http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

The instructions on that page are clear, and it should help you find the problem if a device driver is causing it.


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