Remove SmartAudio from G450 and Video Card Issue

Hello all,
Although I enjoy my new laptop, I have two issues that I would like to publish and hopefully fix.  First, let's start with the most detrimental issue.
1.  When I watch a video (say on youtube) and I display the video full screen, the video image pauses while the audio runs.  If I minimize the video back to normal browser size, the video plays still inline with the audio that was playing all along (thus missing a few seconds of video).  This doesn't happen all the time, but it is pretty frequent.
Now, the most frustrating:
2.  Is there any way that I can get rid of the smart audio program that accompanies the driver?  I don't need the EQ and mixing features that the interface offers and I am tired of closing the software after every boot.  Sadly there isn't an option to remove this from startup or when I try to uninstall, windows 7 detects an error and reinstalls.
Any advice on either issue would be greatly appreciated!
Ken

You do have a Nvidia GPU then. GPU is another word for Graphics card. If you use Firefox there is an low quality flash addon that does help older pc's maybe for some reason it will help you. Another thing is if you have the newest flash that could be the issue then. You can always uninstall it and install an older version of flash. If you do not know of www.filehippo.com you can go there and choose older versions of most apps.
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