
Click “OK” and see if this solved your problem. Disable the “Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device” option under “Exclusive Mode”. You’ll find this setting on the same window where the “Default Format” option is. This shouldn’t normally be a problem: Blame bad sound drivers if it’s causing issues on your system. Some sound drivers seem to have issue with the “Exclusive Mode” option that allows applications to take exclusive control of your sound card. It depends on your sound hardware and drivers. There may be no option to disable enhancements at all. There may be a similar tab here-like one named “Sound Blaster”-where you’ll find similar effects to disable. Not all software drivers perform this function, so you won’t always see the “Enhancements” tab on all systems. Click “OK” to save your changes and then test to see if the problems continue. Click the “Enhancements” tab here-if you see one-and check the “Disable All Enhancements” checkbox. To disable sound enhancements, use the same Properties window. If these aren’t working properly-or if your CPU is being taxed too heavily-these could result in sound problems.

Some sound drivers use software “enhancements” in an attempt to improve your sound quality.

If it’s set to CD quality and you experience problems, try changing to another audio format level and see what happens.
