Itunes skips when processor is under high preasure

I realise there is only a finite amounth of processing power, but I don't have any problems on an exactly the same computer at work. Is there any way of giving Itunes more priority over the other opperations in progress.
Kind Regards
Tony
HP Windows XP

I am afraid this can be an intractable for some people.
If you are not on the latest iTunes, upgrade. I never got 7.0 to run without skipping under pressure, but the latest vesion is fine for me. Also make sure you are upto date with your drivers.
Apple offers this general help on playback issues:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93610
Some virus checkers seem to cause problems, briefly disabling checking to see if this makes a difference is worthwhile. Exclude iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Muisc Library.xml if disabling virus checking helps. Mostly virus checking causes symptoms around tack change over.
If you have an identical PC at work that is OK, it might be worth looking for differences in set up.
A simple thing to look at which is a real long shot is: right click My Computer:
Properties>Advanced>Performance>Advanced.
Processor scheduling and Memory usage should be set to programs.
I don't want to get into the virtual memory side as it is outside my experience.
Good luck, but I am afiad this can be a difficult one.

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Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH8-M AHCI
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Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
ST3320820AS_Q:
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S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
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Available: 36.9 MB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
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