Music degrades after 30 secs

I just installed iTunes on my new Dell laptop. Everything seemed fine but after a day each song would begin to flutter and progressively get worse -- usually begining to degrade at around 30-40 secs. this happens when i play files from my library (local) or iPod. These same files play fine in other media players. All files are legal. Any thoughts?
Dell Inspiron 9300 Windows XP Pro My OS is actually Windows Media Center.

I don't understand exactlt what you mean about
"degrade"?
What are your settings for Eit > Preferences >
Playback?
By degrade I mean the fluttering gets worse as the song continues. Flutter seems like the right word, but it's difficult to describe. To be more precise, it starts with a subtle 'skip' or 'flutter' in the song, and as it continues the 'skips' come closer together until it's unlistenable... but it seems more like interference of some sort ...
I brought my laptop to my office and did not have the problem. The only thing different ... have wireless on at home, so i'm wondering if it some kind of interference from my wireless network?
SOunds crazy, i know. Bumming me out
What are your settings for Eit > Preferences > Playback?
CROSSFADE PLAYBACK is selected is checked
the next 2 are not checked
smart shuffle random
... i belive all at default settings
thanks for the help
Dell Inspiron 9300 Windows XP Pro

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