Office Communicator 2007 R2 audio becomes choppy during attendant console calls or Public Switched Telephone Network calls

You are running Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 on Windows Vista. You make attendant console calls or you make Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) calls. You perform an operation that adds to the load of the CPU. For example, you open a new application. In this situation, you find that the audio from Office Communicator 2007 R2 becomes choppy.

This problem occurs because the threads that handle audio for Attendant Console are not prioritized correctly. This lets other resources to be prioritized ahead of these threads. This behavior cause delayed audio processing. The load that is added on the CPU triggers the audio to become choppy.

To fix this problem, apply the following update:

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:

Method 1

Prevent Office Communicator 2007 R2 from automatically starting when Windows Vista starts. Then, manually start Office Communicator 2007 R2, 60 seconds after Windows Vista starts.

Method 2

Let Office Communicator 2007 R2 automatically start when Windows Vista starts, and then re-start Office Communicator 2007 R2 60 seconds later.

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Method 3

Configure the Delay_Sec registry valuein the following registry subkey:
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To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start , and then click Run .
2. In the Open box, type regedit , and then press ENTER.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\DelayedApps
4. Right-click Delay_Sec , and then click Modify .
5. In the Value data box, type 0 , and then click OK .

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.