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    Windows 7 Slow catastrophic failure, format and reinstall. Previously fast PC and internet extremely slow and

    Prepare for a massive Wall of Text: Over the last few weeks, this computer has become more and more problematic. Just to get it out of the way, I can, with 99.9% certainty, rule out viruses or malware, as I'm extremely careful and use Malwarebytes, AVG, and Firefox with Noscript. My computer...
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    Windows 7 Function keys not working in Windows 7 after updating

    I have a Sony VAIO with Win 7 64-bit, purchased around 2 months ago. Everything was working fine until yesterday when Sony VAIO update popped up from the task tray and prompted me to update a bunch of things, which I did. The entire process was automated as it was one of those system updates...
  3. How to reduce the feedback loop between the microphone and speakers in Windows 7

    You may hear feedback from your PC speakers when one or more of the the following conditions are true: You increase the Microphone Boost option. The speakers are too close to the microphone. The speaker volume is turned up so as the microphone hears the... More...
  4. Windows 7 Hangs on Logoff with Outstanding Media Notifications

    Consider the following scenario: System has a keyboard with "Volume up", "Volume down" & "Mute" shortcut keys. During the logoff or shutdown process, you press and hold these shortcut keys at the same time. The system may stop responding. You will have... Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Sound Not Switching Between Headphones and Speakers Options

    Originally, my speakers were not playing any sound, but when I plugged in my headphones, I could hear it. I tried going to Control Panel > Sounds and then chose my speakers to be the "Default device." Now, my speakers work, but when I plug in my headphones, the sound still plays through the...
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    Windows 7 Decreasing volume

    I have a HP G62 laptop with windows 7 home premium and play dvds with windows media player. I have an intermittent problem with the volume decreasing. The sound simply falls to zero and it may happen when I am not even touching the keyboard. Can you help? Thanks
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    Windows 7 Message before WIN start-up; and why bother with PW? plus mute function key stays lit (HP hardware

    Hi all: I recently had to do a clean install on my PC - 3rd time in as many months. I had a friend reinstall windows and he put the ultimate (?) on instead of the home premium. 1) Now when I start up I get a dos window that says this: choose operating system of press tab: Windows 7...
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    Windows 7 obnoxious volume control override

    When listening to audio I lower the volume from the task bar volume control, a popup control bar appears on the desktop and runs the volume wide open. I lower it and it runs it back up. I essentially have no volume control. It's always wide open. How do I get rid of this and where did it...
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    Windows 7 No Sound

    Ok, have been hunting for the answer and can't seem to get it anywhere, so here I am. I've got a Compaq Presario CQ61, Windows 7 SP1 installed, fully patched. I've got no sound from internal speakers and headphone jacks. I've unistalled drivers and re-installed, I've used DriverMax to find...
  10. Windows 7 Windows Media Player issue

    Hello first post with a problem :D the problem is that when i connect or disconnect a device on the PC WMP is pausing. and on windows media player plugin in chrome and Firefox is decreasing the volume also on connection of a device.
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    Windows 7 HP wireless elite keyboard

    I just purchased this keyboard and the volume control does not work. All the other keys are functional. I can't find a solution at HP or on the web. I have windows 7 professional. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have the latest drivers installed.
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    Windows 7 Customizing audio profiles and shortcuts

    Hey there, brand new to the forum. Impressed with the automatic similar thread finder, I believe I've found the competent board to work with for Win 7! I finally got my rear surround speakers mounted on my back wall, the problem is I'm about 3-4 feet from my front speakers and at least double...
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    Windows 7 How do I keybind to one specific program

    Hi guys. Im using win7 64bit SP1 and I quite often listen to music while playing FPS games. However at times i will discover i dont like a particular song or the volume is to loud or too quiet depending on my mood. I have sorted how to change the song by installing intellipoint 8.0. However the...
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    Windows 7 My audio randomly stops working and I can't get it running again.

    Hi, I went through all forums I could think of searching for an answer to this issue I'm having and found nothing remotely close to it, so now I'm creating a new thread. Here's what happened: I decided to use a 32" Plasma Vizio tv for my monitor. Connected it through HDMI to my Nvidia 460...
  15. Windows 7 USB Sound Level Is Way Too High

    We use Vidblaster to broadcast audio and video over Ustream.tv. The software has worked fairly well on our XP SP3 computer. Recently we replaced the host computer that has Windows 7. Everything video wise is working perfectly. The audio for the feed is provided by a Behringer audio mixer over...
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    Windows 7 No audio in random programms

    This problem is now solved! Hello, Recently my Windows 7 machine has decided that it will only play audio from Windows (bongs etc), WinAMP and Skype - That's it, nothing else. I get no audio from FireFox, while playing Minecraft or Grand Theft Auto IV. Below is some screenshots of various...
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    Windows 7 Make remote control application control master volume

    I have a remote control application, and i see it's volume bar in windows volume mixer. When i set the volume up or down on my remote control, i see my software bar in mixer go up or down, but it does not affect master volume, so nothing happens. I would like my application's bar in volume...
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    Windows 7 Head phones not detecting.

    I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. Previously I used Windows XP SP2. In that my head phones worked fine. I used a PC headset with microphone & volume control. Now in windows 7, head phone is not working. When I connected the head phone and checked the playback devices it doesn't shows the...
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    Windows 7 How do i add sound to AppCrash?

    Hello, theres a program i have that gets appcrash every night (There's no fix for it, the company program isn't working for windows 7 properly yet) I need to set alarm at random times to get this program to work again after it crashes, im tired of waking up at random times to see if it crashed...
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    Windows 7 "no speakers or headphones are plugged in"

    Hi I am getting the "no speakers or headphones are plugged in" error and the red x over the audio icon. When I check the volume control options I only get ati hdmi output as an option and not the mobo's on board sound card. I have checked this on the Internet and tried updating my drivers...