AirPort Express Audio Dropouts - Any assistance gratefully received!

Yes, I'm fairly sure this is an old chestnut rearing its ugly head again but I haven't yet found a solution to my problem.
I have a Dell laptop running Windows XP, a Vigor 2800 Router and two AirPort Express devices which seldom last much beyond three songs before intermittently dropping audio.
It's a tad frustrating.
Could any kind soul please run through the best things to check by way of a possible resolution.
Many many thanks,
James

Aha! No I hadn't seen that article - thanks for that.
I should have said I mostly get dropouts when I stream to two AirPorts simultaneously and I'm now thinking that the two wifi connections are interfering with each other.
Either that or I need a more powerful machine!
Thanks,
James

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