OCZ SSD fix OS stuttering and stalling for XP and Vista (32-bit)

This thread contains a generic solution to fix the OS stuttering and stalling under Windows XP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (32-bit) that some users of the Core series v1 and v2 SSDs are experiencing. The stuttering and stalling seem to be related to random write performance (which is similar on all first generation MLC-drives) but it is unclear why only some users are affected by the problems.

The generic solution to the stuttering and stalling problems is to install Windows SteadyState