My Windows issues are fixed! No more Scratchy, Skipping, Noisy sound!

This fixed my Windows issues! No more Scratchy, Skipping, Noisy sound!
1. Go to CONTROL PANEL.
2. Double click QUICKTIME.
3. Choose the ADVANCED tab.
4. Under VIDEO, uncheck ENABLE DIRECTDRAW ACCELERATION.
5. Also under VIDEO, choose SAFE MODE (GDI ONLY)
6. Select OK. (Or APPLY if you wish).
XP SP/2
NOTE: I no longer have sound problems even if the processor is 100% due to other applications running.

Well, I must rescind my previous enthusiasm. Yesterday I could not make the noise reappear after following the instructions I posted. I ran graphics-intensive applications. I ran cpu-hog programs. Nothing caused the the noise to come back.
Today, as you have probably guessed, it's back. Not as frequently, but still back.
I did notice one interesting thing. I was taking screenshots of the Windows task manager this morning try and determine if I saw any pattern to the noise. I pasted them into a light-weight viewer (Polyview) that I use when I just want to crop something and don't want to wait for Photoshop to come up.
1. Take the screenshot.
2. Paste into Polyview.
3. Noise stops.
4. Take the screenshot.
5. Paste into Polyview. Immediately the noise comes back.
6. Screenshot and Paste again. Noise stops. etc.
This at leasts suggests that display of graphics has something to do with the issue. Perhaps the video card?
Oh, well, at least the situation is tolerable now.

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