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Windows 8 Headset and speakers
Hi! Im new to the forums and all so I'm sorry if this doesn't belong here. So basically i have a problem with my headset and speakers. I have a speaker that a slot for me to plug in a headset. My speaker is a insignia-2.0 stereo computer speaker system (2-piece)- Black. you can search this up...- KevinZ
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- audio computer connection forum headset insignia new user settings sound speakers stereo troubleshooting video playback volume volume control
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Sounds through headset suddenly became distorted and Skype sounds are extremely quiet.
Hello. Today my Link Removed headset decided to break and make sounds distorted. With Skype, i can barely hear people at max volume. I am unsure if the problem is my headset capability or my pc. My pc has been getting worse and worse. It can no longer install 1 exact update without failing, and...- BlockBlazerMC
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- audio computer issues distortion hardware headset skype software sound quality troubleshooting update issues volume control
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 How to have 2 Separate Volume Controls?
Hello everyone!!! I hope I can find some help to resolve my question. I want to be able to be able to mute the volume on a game I'm play on a website while I'm listening to a radio app I have running. Cause when I'm listening to my radio app the sounds of the game are annoying. Does anyone have...- sporty22000
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- audio management audio settings gaming multimedia radio user guide volume control windows
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Strange audio issue..randomly stops
Toshiba laptop, windows 7 home premium. Recently audio stopped working in the sense that i was getting no sound, but the volume control showed "normal" messed around rebooted it came back, lasted a few days then went out. This time the volume icon was X'd out, couldn't get it to work so i...- Brando
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- audio audio issues device management driver issues home premium laptop multimedia random stops reboot services system sounds tech support toshiba troubleshooting user experience vimeo volume control windows 7 youtube video
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows XP Audio from Computer Console
(XP Home Edition) I made a mess trying to change security from Zone Alarm to Comodo - ended up with Avast. The changes ( the initial try of Comodo) triggered a 10 second intermittent 'siren' from inside the unit (standard - not laptop). I've tried every kind of removal, reinstall, reboot...- Frank Buckley
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- audio avast comodo console device manager hardware issues intermittent sound pc maintenance reinstall remove security sound card system sounds system update tech support troubleshooting user experience volume control windows xp zonealarm
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 windows 8.1 music player
Hello everyone I have a very odd question, but i hope someone have had encountered with the same problem 1)is there a way to bring the "windows 8 music player" especially the {seek line} which used to look like this but now looks more like a dot on the like which i find much less...- nazgard
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- application issues glitch lag music player seek line user interface video playback volume control windows 8.1
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Concerns About Adding Slave Speakers to a Creative T20 Series II System
I have a couple of slave speakers from previous speaker sets that I've replaced, with a new Creative T20 Series II set, which I would like to add to make it a 4.0 system. The only way that can be done is to add them to the left (slave) speaker ouput, using RCA Splitters to branch off to the...- seekermeister
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- 4.0 system balance controls creative t20 rca splitters slave speakers sound quality sound system speaker layout speaker placement tone controls volume control
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 DIY Speaker Volume Control Repair: Seeking Advice on Potentiometer Replacement Solutions
I have a pair of speakers like these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RNOHDU/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER On which the power/volume control on the right side of the primary speaker no longer works...that is that it no longer works for volume, but still works...- seekermeister
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- audio audio equipment contact cleaner cost effective creative speakers diy electronics drill modifications electronics fix low hum pcb repair potentiometer power switch replacement parts soldering sound issues sound quality speaker repair speaker upgrade volume control
- Replies: 3
- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 Problems with speech files after updating to 8.1?
Hi Today I updated my Windows 8 install to Windows 8.1. For the most part it went smoothly but I'm having a weird problem with my text to speech files. But when I hit speak the voice is very distorted and the volume is low, it's the same for all the voices including the Microsoft ones. I...- MikeHawthorne
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- audio drivers audio issues distorted sound driver update lucid voice microsoft voices pc audio software glitch sound card speech playback text-to-speech textaloud user support vimeo playback visual distortion volume control wav files windows 8.1 windows backup windows update
- Replies: 31
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Problems with speech files after updating to 8.1?
Hi Today I updated my Windows 8 install to Windows 8.1. For the most part it went smoothly but I'm having a weird problem with my text to speech files. But when I hit speak the voice is very distorted and the volume is low, it's the same for all the voices including the Microsoft ones. I...- MikeHawthorne
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- audio issues audio settings distortion ease of access image backup microsoft voices narrator software glitch text-to-speech textaloud video playback voice quality volume control wav files windows 8 windows 8.1
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP IBM Desktop Audio
I just bought an old IBM M52 8215D1U desktop that the audio doesn't seem to work on. From what I have read, it has an integrated audio chip, which appears in the Device Manager without indicating any problems with it, but the computer has no internal speakers, and plugging external speakers...- seekermeister
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- audio desktop device manager ibm integrated m52 sound card speakers volume control
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 volume mixer issue on 7
Hello, this has started a few days ago. I was using my vlc player to view a movie and i noticed that the volume on the player wouldn't go past 200 (max volume is 400). So i opened the volume mixer and there is device (speakers) and applications (system sounds) and then the player. There is a bar...- alizzle87
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- audio settings device issues malware mixer system sounds troubleshooting user experience vlc volume control windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Win7 Sound Problem
Have just installed Windows 7. The sound very bad, with clicks and lots of distortion. Moving volume up/down causes crackles. Soundblaster X-Fi on Gigabyte GA-M56s-S3 motherboard with the correct drivers, Windows updates and latest BIOS. I have kept XP on another drive and swap the boot drive...- kirkm
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- audio drivers audio issues audio settings bios update crackling distortion feedback forum gigabyte hardware issues pc audio sound blaster system setup troubleshooting user experience volume control windows 7 windows update
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 8 I should have known better, Help?
Hi Today I was getting a little audio distortion in a new game I'm trying out. So I decided to update the drivers for my Creative SB Recon3D PCIe sound card. The problem was probably with the game not the drivers but I figured what the heck I might as well keep things up to date. I downloaded...- MikeHawthorne
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- audio configuration creative device manager drivers error checking external speakers faint sound game issues help internal speakers nvidia audio pcie restore point sound card system restore troubleshooting update issues volume control windows settings
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Volume bubble toggle window
I recently had to reinstall windows 7 on my laptop and everything works fine. But I went to turn the volume up and the little window/bubble that pops up as your toggling it up or down isn't the same as the one that I got with my laptop stock when I first got it. Please tell me how I can get...- Th3Nigh7Stalk3r
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- audio issues bubble window laptop reinstall settings volume control windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hissing Sound from Speakers
Hello, I have a hissing sound coming from the speakers and headphones when they are plugged in. It comes even when I mute the laptop volume. The sound is not very loud and indistinguishable while playing music. But it is annoying when music stops. Laptop model is Acer Aspire 5739G. Hardware ID...- John Andre
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- acer audio drivers audio issues headphones hissing sound laptop sound card speakers troubleshooting volume control
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 sound cuts off from pandora when I open counterstrike
Hi computer gurus. I have a strange problem. As the title suggests, when I play pandora music it works perfectly fine. But, when I open counterstrike go , the music stops. When I alt tab, the music starts again but when I switch back to counterstrike it stops again. It doesn't get softer...- DustinS
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- audio choppy communication counter strike devices experience fps gaming gurus help music pandora performance problem recent changes settings sound video playback volume control windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to change active/default audio "device" without rebooting
I recently updated my NVIDIA card with audio drivers and now it can make the audio go through my television using HDMI (watching videos). The problem however, is that when I go into the Sound settings and change the default to the NVIDIA "device", I need to reboot windows to activate the...- TheColdOne
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- audio audio settings default device device management hdmi mixer nvidia drivers troubleshooting volume control windows
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 sound suddenly not working
i have a sound card, sb audigy. suddenly it is not working. i see in the mixer the volume is indeed going up an down, but no sound. when i tried to update drivers, it tells me it found the drivers but cannot install them. [now it says the driver software is installed, it still is not working...- jimlau
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- audigy audio issues audio settings computer behavior device manager driver issues drivers hardware kaspersky malwarebytes mixer performance issues reboot software conflict sound sound card troubleshooting virus scan volume control
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Caps/Num/Scroll indicator for HP Pavilion Elite m9040n PC
I lost this function in the lower taskbar and the volume control blue line indicator on the lower part of my screen. I'm running Windows 7. How can I get it back? Thanks- rlucas
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- caps lock computer help hp pavilion indicator num lock scroll lock troubleshooting volume control windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support