Sound popping in XP and a desktop background issue

Kiamo

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Nov 3, 2001
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My sound keeps popping in XP.. usually if my CPU spikes to 100% for a sec. Any ideas why? I have an SB Live on a KT7-RAID. I got the latest VIA drivers, VIA southbridge fix, latest XP drivers from soundblaster.com, etc.. but it still does it. :(

Also, I wanted to use the 4-desktops thing in powertoys, but whenever I switch a desktop, my bg is set to strechted mode and looks HORRIBLE. Every time I switch work areas I have to reset it back to centered manually. Is there a way to make centered default or something?

Thanks a ton for any help!