Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
Lot of dell people are complaining that mp3's skip or sound distorted with the dell drivers.
Yeah I noticed that problem after a few months of use also. The main problem that I have been describing seems to have been alleviated apparently...

I uninstalled Symantic AV and went down to version 7.6 from 8.0 (v7.6 was still called Norton; I'm able to get these since UCONN provides a corporate edition to students/professors for free), and after uninstalling Symantic AV 8.0, problem of major skipping of the mouse/sound/keyboard typing was gone. I then installed Norton AV 7.6 for the sake of needing to have an AV program. Problem hasn't showed up so far, but I will post if it does.

I am also spyware/adware/malware free and really always have been, so that really didn't seems as if it was the issue.

Sound slightly skips/distorts like you said NooNoo, but I think that's a Dell issue; any new drivers for the sound card that may not be on Dell's site (I know it's Crystal sound)?

EDIT: I did not format my HDD or anything at all; I just did the AV procedure I mentioned above. I also haven't installed ZoneAlarm again, but I will and see what happens.