volume control

I just got my sidewinder X6 yesterday. It works fine on my XP laptop with every function working but not on my Windows 7 64-bits desktop. Basically none of the top keys is functioning except for the brightness knob. I can only use the keyboard for normal typing, but not my media keys, volume...

This is really quite odd. I cannot get my Volume Control slider in the notification area. When I try to restore it using 'Turn system icons on or off', the volume control is greyed out as No. (Customize system icons says the volume control is not active?!) I have full control of the sound...

I am using x64 7100 build and i have a problem with my audio. when i boot up windows, the audio works normally, i can watch movies, listen to my music, hear windows sounds, live messenger sounds, everything. but if i stay without hearing anything for some minutes (like keeping the computer on...

Hello, forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong section, but I don't know where else to put it. I have a problem and I hope one of you can help me. Problem I play electric guitar. I bought a jackplug to plug the guitar into my pc (directly to my soundcard) for direct recording and playback! I...

When I was on vista, when i touched the volume control, id here clicks and see a volume bar on screen, also when i touched the mute button it would turn orange to let me know it was muted, I get neither of those functionalities on W7, they still mute and turn the volume up and down, but the GUI...

I am using Windows 7 RC Build 7100 on my desktop, mainboard is Asus P5GC-MX, chipset is 945GC, sound card is Realtek HD Audio. I installed their drivers successfully. Source Link Removed Link Removed due to 404 Error Direct X 11, too, although I don't see tab music? Link Removed due to...

So I'm having this weird problem. I like to be able to use my speakers and headphones simultaneously so I use a Y connector to attach both. I'd never had a problem with doing this until 7. What is happening is when I have them both plugged in if I turn the volume up on the headset with the...

Hey fellas, Just posting a problem I encountered when putting in my 808s and Heartbreak CD into newly downloaded iTunes. I have found that there is like hardly any bass at all coming from my 2.1 Creative system. In XP, the proper bass plays and can be reduced or boosted. In Windows 7, I can...

Hi, how to find Volume Control and how to add Mic to the taskbar, i want to enable and mute mic manually but know mic is enable all za time... how to do ?

Hi guys, I was hoping not to have to join this forum but here I am unfortunately, meant in the nicest possible way. I have been running build 7000 for a couple months which was running perfect no problems at all except for that my system simply wouldn't hibernate. However, build 7100 came out...

I know I have the correct drivers installed for my system but all the sounds in every program I have tried are extremely low and quiet to the point of being almost non existent. I have tried windows media player, skype, and VLC. No joy. I have surfed the forums for about 2 hours and not found...

Hi guys, I've been having some significant sound problems since installing Win7. I have an MS-7185 motherboard with onboard sound. I have the Realtek AC'97 drivers, version 6.0.1.6285. I have 7.1 surround sound speakers. There's a background sound process (SOUNDMON.exe) which I believe is...

Hi all, I've just upgraded from 7068 to 7077 on my MacBook and found that the bootcamp keyboard controller stopped working. If I try to run it manually, it just closes. This prevents me to control the volume and the fn function from the keyboard. Haven't tried to reinstall the hole bootcamp...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-AW190 that originally came with Vista Home 64bit. I installed Windows 7 (clean install) 64bit. The problem is the special buttons are not working at all (eject, S1, S2, multimedia, AV Mode, onscreen display such as when you adjust volume or brightness), etc. I did install...

Hi all...I'm new here. I installed Windows 7 yesterday as I haven't had a chance to get around to doing it. I have tried all day yesterday to get the sound working...but to no avail. Any theories? I've installed it as a dual-boot and all has installed fine. Everything else seems to be working...

Hi all, I have a Sony Vaio notebook. For working Fn and S1 buttons I must have running Vaio Event Service. It works fine but when UAC is disabled. When it's enabled volume control with Fn not work. :( Can i do something to work this service with enabled UAC? Windows 7 build 7000. btw sorry...

I downloaded the W7 x64 or my laptop couple hickups but im really loving it do have a couple quirks my cd ejects button isnt working the volume switch is not working my two s buttons not working, any one have any idea how to get these working ' my laptop is a sony vaio Ar 730E i split my hard...