iTunes for Windows 7

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  4 stars

  Version: iTunes for Windows 7

  "Getting hard on memory."

  by Starwarskid on September 14, 2006

  Pros: Great new features, such as automatic artwork finder, and a well organized workspace. Much better than iTunes 6.

  Cons: Memory hog. around 85 MB constantly. Also, music skips unless I set the priority to Above Average in task manager. I recommend this update, but only if your PC has the specs. (1 GB RAM+)

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• reply by: F.J Pugh on September 15, 2006

  i have 1.5GB of RAM and it freezes and stutters and crashes almost constantly when anything more than msn messanger is running at the same time

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• reply by: brokeng006 on September 15, 2006

  * you access the task manager by pressing "ctrl + alt + del". Then you find itunes in the 'process' list and right click on it, then you set the cpu priority. :)

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  ok, an update on the cpu priority approach. So it doesn't work for long after all :(

  There is a fix being discussed on the Apple discussion forums. It didn't solve my problems, but it worked for some other people. It won't let me post a URL here, so I will quote one of the posts from the thread.

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  **A user called 'toonz' posted the following message on Sep 12, 2006 4:00 PM, in response to a user called 'cipher' in the 'Re: HUGE Problems with ITunes 7 with Windows' thread.

  "Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panels -> Quicktime

  Click on Audio tab.

  Set Size popup to 16 bits.

  Click OK."

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  note from brokenG: you might want to try the other sizes too. e.g. 8 bit.

  you have to restart itunes for the changes to take effect.

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• reply by: toledo08 on September 14, 2006

  My music skips too if i go on the internet or use AIM, how do i locate the task manager?

  Thanks

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• reply by: brokeng006 on September 14, 2006

  I have no idea how to message another user on this site, so I have to write to you this way. :S

  Just wanted to say thanks for the tip. No more choppiness or distortion for teh time being!

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