(Note that this tip is for an unsupported version of Winamp, version 2. For help on Winamp 5, visit Winamp 5 Help and Tips).

If your computer is slowing down when playing music with Winamp, here are a few small things you can do to speed things up.

Right-click on the Winamp window, choose "Options", then "Preferences". The Winamp Preferences window should appear.

1. Choose "Options - Display". Uncheck "Use bitmap font for main title display (no int. support)".

2. Choose "Options - Visualization". Under "Visualization Mode", click the "Off" radio button.

3. Choose "Options". Under "Process priority class", scroll the slider to the left to cause Winamp to use less of your CPU time. Note that your songs may sound more stuttered. Scroll the slider to the right to cause Winamp to use more of your CPU time. Note that this may slow the rest of your computer operations down.

4. Also on the "Options" menu. Click the radio button "Play" next to "Read titles". This stops the background process that Winamp runs to display the song title information.

5. Close the "Preferences" window. Right-click on the song name in the main window and uncheck "Autoscroll Songname".

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