Rainbird,
Whenever posting questions on these forums, please give us as much information as possible about your computer. Depending on your issue, we might need the operating system, processor speed, amount of RAM installed, brand name of the computer, (if there is one), and any EXACT error messages you are receiving, plus any other information you think might be helpful. The more information you give us, the better informed our answer will be.
In the meantime, depending on your operating system, have you tried shutting down unnecessary start up programs by clicking on Start-Run, type "msconfig", click on OK, then click on the "Start Up" tab. there should be a listing of start up programs which can be UNCHECKED and stopped from running at boot. If you have any questions on which programs to UNCHECK, or if you're using Win2000 or XP and you need to shut down unnecessary "Services", here are a couple of links that should help you get that done:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
Have you also tried installing the newest audio drivers for your particular system?
Hope this helps.
Grif
Since a week every time I load an application (ie games etc.)a window displays saying it could not load the sound because it is already been used by another application (but not other application is open).
I guess there is some software interfering with the sound (God knows where)

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