ITunes Knocks Out Vista Audio?

My mom just received a new iPod Shuffle, as well as a new computer with Windows Vista Home. Ever since iTunes was installed, the audio on the computer will go out completely after about an hour or so and doesn't come back until we reboot. We've updated audio drivers, contacted Dell customer support and no one knows what the problem is. Could this be caused by iTunes and Vista not being compatible? If so, is there any solution yet?
Thanks for any help.
Dell E521 Windows Vista Home

I have a similar issue with iTunes on my PC. A song will be playing just fine then all of a sudden the audio is severely degraded (lots of static and very choppy). This continues for a bit (~30sec) then the audio cuts out completely. In fact, I get no audio from any application after this happens. I must log out and log back in.
iTunes 7.1
Vista Home Premium
Gigabyte GA-7N400Pro (nforce2 chipset)
Maxtor 250GB HD
Maxtor 200GB USB HD
Micron 2GB DDR
Sony DVD RW (DRU-720A)
Sony CD-RW (CRX225E)
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