Sound lock from game

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Got a weird question/situation.

Tiberian Sun - Firestorm, even with Ultra-Mod runs great on my 2.6GHz loaded machine IF, and ONLY IF before starting I have some sound playing first, like Winamp playing some tunes. Otherwise, the game runs choppy or locks up, AND after aborting it, I have NO SOUND on my PC until I reboot.

Any suggestions???
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