Songs 'jumping' when playing in iTunes 7 !

Hi - Has anyone else had this problem - songs playing in iTunes 7 sometimes jump or skip forward by about a second.
I never had this problem before updating ! Anyone know how to solve this ?
Thanks

In iTunes, click on Help > About iTunes.
If it's iTunes 7.0.0 update to iTunes 7.0.1
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Part of the update's purpose was to address this issue.
If you already have iTunes 7.0.1, or if the update doesn't fix the issue, try this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93610
CG

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