Songs Skipping/Scratching When Multi Tasking

Hey guys,
Just to give you a quick background on what i am
running here...
Windows XP Home
1GB Ram
3.0 p4
120GB Hard Drive
7.0.2 Itunes
the problem i am having is that whenever i
multitask such as open another program or webpage
ect...anything that utilizes some cpu the song
currently playing (it doesnt matter if it was
purchased or ripped in) the song skips. HELP it is
so so so ANNOYING!!!
i had the exact same problem, i think it might be a problem with windows os. My Windows pc had problems with it so i had a tech guy to reinstsll the windows os and the itunes problem was gone. might be a dodgy bug.

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