Why does Cakewalk skip or stutter when playing songs containing audio?

There are a number of reasons why this can occur. Try each of the following steps: 1.Go to the Windows 95/98 Control Panel and double-click on the System icon. Click on the Performance tab. At the top of thePerformance screen read the entries across from File Systems and Virtual Memory. They both need to say 32-bit. If they instead mention MS-DOS Compatibility Mode then your computer has a serious problem - beyond the scope of what a Cakewalk technician can fix. Your computer is processing the audio data very slowly and Cakewalk will not work properly until the MS-DOS Compatibility Mode problem is eliminated. Help is available on the Microsoft Technical Support web page at microsoft.com Click on the "Support Online" link and search for the phrase "Troubleshooting MS-DOS Compatibility Mode on Hard Disks". 2.Your audio hard disk must have an "uncached" or "sustained" transfer rate of 3.1 MB per second or higher. A free program called WinTune is available from winmag.com that will test ...  more