Speaker static on Win 7

Since upgrading to Win 7 I'm experiencing speaker static cutting in while playing music out of iTunes. I have upgraded iTunes a few times now (just tried the latest version this morning) and no go. I have replaced the speakers, no go. I have played with the volume settings, no go. Please tell me there is a way to correct this!! It is so obnoxious I don't even use iTunes anymore like I used to. The static ONLY happens when playing content through iTunes; it does not happen on other applications.

I get this too. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling quite a few times, tried both standard and custom install (unchecking the add quick-launch option)
After I have installed Firefox (version 3.6.12) and launched it from the installer app, a little window appears with the title "Import Wizard", but it is less than 2 lines high, with a black background, and the only option is for me to hit the close button.
From that point, every time I try to run it, absolutely nothing happens. I have watched the Task manager to see if the firefox.exe process starts but I don't see anything there. Probably dieing too quickly.
I tried running it under safe-mode, but still get nothing.
I am not sure if other people see the little broken Import Wizard dialog but that's what I get.
Hope this added information helps.
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I am having trouble with my macbook pro. Whenever I plug in external speakers, I get bad static (very loud, about as loud as the speaker's audio itself). I have tested this on multiple speakers and get the same results on all of them. When used on another computer, the speakers work fine. This suggests that it is something wrong with my audio jack for my mac.
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import java.io.*;
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import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
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import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.WindowListener;
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