Quicktime videos freeze then resume playback

I am experiencing a problem when Quicktime plays videos. The videos freeze for a few seconds, then resuming play.
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 with Windows XP.
I began experiencing this problem 3 days ago when I updated my software to iTunes 9.0, until then everything worked fine.
Since then, I have repaied iTunes, Quicktime, uninstalled and reinstalled all the software; nothing has helped to improve this problem.
If anyone can help me any, it would be greatly appreciated.

While in Quicktime, click "Edit" > Preferences > Quicktime Preferences. Then click the "Streaming" tab and make an adjustment at the bottom in the "Instant-On" area so there's more of a delay.

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\iPod_Control\Device\SysInfo
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buildID: 0x05908000 (6.0)
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iPod Updater 2005-11-17.exe can be downloaded from:
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appldnld.m7z.net/content.info.apple.com/iPod/ww/win/061-2225.20051128.PDWnw/iPod Setup.exe
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