Audigy Noise in Win XP

Ever since I upgraded to XP Pro my I get extra noise when playing from any sound source, .WAV, MIDI file, mp3 or even a CD when is playing in the background. Noise usually happens on say moving a window or scolling i.e. just about all the time, processor use shoots up to 00% all the time. I've just gone up to 52Mb RAM rather than 256 Mb and problem is better but still there. Any thoughts?

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