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windows 7 audio randomly stops
I'm running the Windows 7 RC and sometimes my sound would stop randomly. For example, I would be listening to something, then the sound would suddenly stop. Even while there is no sound, there doesn't ...
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Why does the "Playback Devices" dialog take so long to open?
Opening any of the audio properties dialogs takes 2 minutes and 5 seconds every time. There aren't other tasks that take an unreasonable amount of time. It's something specific to the Sound properties ...
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Volume key occassionally changes relative volume in mixer
I find this a bit of a nuisance but I usually use the "volume up/down" key on my Microsoft ergo 4000 to change the volume of my system.
The problem I'm experiencing is every so often, the volume of ...
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How to extract clear voice from a noisy audio file?
I have some noisy audio files, which are voice recordings or lectures. There is no music, but the recordings are noisy.
Sometimes, the voice is not clear. Is there any software that can extract the ...
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Connecting bluetooth headset kills wifi internet on laptop PC
I just bought Genius HS-920BT BT headset. I've paired it to my PC on Windows 7. However, when I turned on the "Forward Voip calls to Handsfree" service, in order to use it as my Skype communications ...
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Disable all sounds except currently playing
I often work with music playing and as part of my work I browse various web pages. There ones with video playing by default or even with sound-enabled banners so I want to disable all sounds from ...
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How do I mute foobar2000 when Windows is locked?
I find strange that my Windows 7 continues playing music it is locked.
I would like that it be mute in that state, or at least that it stops/pauses the music player.
How to configure it?
I use ...
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Windows asks me for a bluetooth pairing code for my headset
I have a Motorola / Sol Republic Tracks Air bluetooth headset. It works fine with both of my phones, and now I'm trying to use it to listen to the audio on my Windows 7 laptop. I have a cheap, ...
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No sound on my laptop internal speakers
I've been facing sound problem on my dell inspiron laptop since yesterday. It only plays sound when I plug in my headphone. I have 64-bit windows 7 installed.
I've already checked in sound, video and ...
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What is constantly using my audio device?
My PC Asus Windows 7 laptop doesn't go to sleep automatically. Here's what is causing it, I guess:
powercfg -requests
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio (HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&...
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Speech volume of videos on VLC media player is too low on Windows 7
I just noticed that when I updated to Windows 7, almost all my movies are unwatchable because the speech volume is too low.
All was fine with Windows XP SP3.
I have latest updates for Windows 7.
I ...
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My audio driver refuses to install
I bought a new motherboard yesterday. Its a Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 socket 2011.
Everything is great with this board except for one nagging issue I can't figure out. For some reason all of the drivers (...
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How to enable, disable, and switch between internal and external microphones in Windows 7?
Im Windows 7, I use a Headset microphone to dictate to the computer. I was not sure at one point if the internal microphone was disabled or not and thought that maybe it was used instead of the ...
user162573
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Seeking for a way to use my Android phone as a computer speaker without any additional software
Recently, my computer speakers stopped working, and I'm considering using my Android phone as a substitute. However, all the solutions I came across involve using 3rd party software that requires Wi-...
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How to set Microphone vs Microphone Boost in Windows 7
I have a Windows 7 Desktop that I want to use a mic. I connected the mic to the pink input jack (mic in). But the volume is too soft. When I enter the properties menu, I see something like this:
What ...
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Turning down the sound on a switched off user
If one switches users (i.e. user one switches off, and then another users logs in) and there is sound playing on the first user, that sound will continue to play for the second user.
If the second ...
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Ventrilo sound delay issue in Windows 7
I've upgraded my machine to Windows 7 Professional (x64) (using format + clean install, not upgrade install).
Everything seems to work fine except for Ventrilo. I used to have Vista Business x64 ...
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I can't play MP3 files directly on Firefox
I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium installed, which I had to reinstall recently due to hard drive problems. Before that I had no problems using the native Firefox MP3 player to play audio ...
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Separate volume controls for headphone and speakers in Windows 7
Is it possible to have the old XP-style volume controller in Windows 7? I mean the one with a separate controller for PCM, speaker, headphone and many other devices. I want it because I'd like to set ...
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How do I make a mute hotkey in windows 7
Now, I actually already made a hotkey to mute the volume.
I got nircmd and put in this command, Nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 2. The problem is that it doesn't work when I start up a PC game (like ...
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Can I identify what process plays random beeps in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Strange Intermittent Background Sound in Windows 7
What process is making that sound?
I am have a random (seems random) beeping sound from my speaker in my Windows 7 machine
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Can't get audio from front headphone jack
There seems to be no straightforward way to get sound from headphones plugged into the front audio jack, while having the rear jack sending audio out to external speakers on my desktop PC.
I have a ...
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Why won't regular CDs play on my Windows 7 system?
I've got some regular CDs that I cannot get to play on my Windows 7 (64 bit) system. When I try to play them I get the message:
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not ...
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crackeling sound issue
Alright so has this sound problem that has just recently resurfaced it ugly head. I never did figure out what the problem was before, it just randomly disapeared when i started overclocking. Drove me ...
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Sound card doesn't work with Intel S2600CW server motherboard
I am trying to add sound to a custom built workstation with an Intel S2600CW motherboard; the “vanilla” S2600CW model. This motherboard does not have any built-in sound (for security reasons?), so I ...
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How do I swap back my audio device?
It seems my microphone and speaker devices are swapped somehow.
(Note that this device can detect whether my mic is unplugged/ plugged in)
I cannnot input sound using my microphone
However, when I ...
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How can I amplify the sound/audio output of a particular program?
I'm a frequent user of Google Voice, and I have issues hearing certain callers. Whenever this occurs, I have to turn the volume on Windows all the way up to 100%, and I still would like it louder.
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How to set Windows Sound default settings for a device?
In Windows Sound settings, is it possible to set the default settings for a sound playback device, such as the speaker configuration (7.1 vs Stereo) and the "Default Format" (e.g., 24 bit 48000Hz)?
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Crackling/Popping audio, high DPC Latency from Intel Rapid Storage Technology -drivers
I'm sorry if this landed on the wrong stack, I'm not entirely sure if this or serverfault would be more suitable.
I have a very strange problem, when I install any iRST driver newest or older ones my ...
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Change sound depth in windows 7
I remember Windows XP having some default sound settings like "Auditorium" that will change the sound depth, add echo etc. How to achieve this in Windows 7?
Basically, I wanted to add some depth to ...
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combining stereo in windows 7
Is it possible to combine the left and right channels of stereo output and then send the result to both left and right headphones?
I'm watching a video where only the right channel contains words and ...
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How play multiple audio files located on smartphone through Windows 7?
When I connect my LG Optimus F3Q to my Windows 7 PC, it connects in "Media sync (MTP)" mode. I can get into the file structure of the phone and its SD card through Windows Explorer and double click ...
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Can I set the default application sound level in Windows 7?
I've got a set of Logitech S150 USB speakers which have a problem with sound levels. Basically there seems to be only two levels (completely silent or ear-splittingly loud) and no middle ground.
Some ...
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How to balance volume on Windows
I can't figure out how to get a good balance on the applications within windows so I can stop modifying volume settings every time I get on a Google Hangout, watch Netflix, Hulu, instant message, play ...
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WIndows 7 PC To Receiver To TV Via HDMI Behavior
I have a Windows 7 PC with onboard HDMI connected to my Receiver (Pioneer VSX-821K), via HDMI. The Receiver is connected to a fairly new Vizio LCD TV via the HDMI Out on the receiver.
This Setup ...
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Notification area balloon tip pop sound in Windows 7
When I was using Windows XP, there was a distinct sound when an application showed a balloon tip in the notification area (aka system tray). Unfortunately, I didn't look any deeper into it. Now ...
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Recover incomplete(?) video files [duplicate]
I have two mp4 video files(shot with a Nokia Lumia Phone) that cannot be played. While recording, the memory card got completely filled and it went in accessible from the phone. So I removed the card ...
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Accidentally removed own NTFS rights from volume in Windows 7
I am using Windows 7 and my hard drive is partitioned to C: and D: drives.
Yesterday I tried to limit some permissions for other users to volume D and accidentally denied everything for group "Users"
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headphones showing up as recording device instead of playback device
When I plug my headphones into my laptop, for some reason they have started showing up under recording devices instead of playback devices, and no sound comes out of them. When I plug my headphones in ...
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How can I rename a USB sound device (headphone) in Windows Sound settings?
How can I rename the CORSAIR HS70 device, I want to get rid of the prefix "2-". I have searched the registry and replaced all strings alike, but the "2-" seems to come back. After ...
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SPDIF passthrough not working in Windows 7
I'm running Windows 7 on a computer with an Audigy Platinum eX sound card connected to a surround receiver via optical cabling.
Sound works fine when listening to non-surround audio sources, such as ...
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Can I enable my Realtek sound card without speakers plugged in?
I have a computer (one of the Gigabyte Brix) running Windows 7. I don't actually need to hear any audio out of it, but some of the software I need to run doesn't work if it can't open an audio output ...
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How can I automatically switch audio to my speakers when my TV-as-2nd-monitor is not in use?
I have a normal LCD monitor as my primary monitor and an HD LCD television as a 2nd monitor (connected through HDMI). I also have a set of normal speakers for the computer (a Windows 7 machine) that ...
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When switching between sound devices, playback gets much faster
I've recently acquired a Asus Xonar DX soundcard.
Attached to it are speakers and headphones. When switching between the playback devices with the Volume Mixer at system tray, I get a much faster ...
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Annoying sound from microphone in headphone
I recently bought a Plantronics bluetooth headset for VOIP in Skype. But I am facing an annoying problem. The microphone is really sensitive and I could hear all the background noises and my sound ...
Paul
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Sound through the origin computer when using Remote Desktop?
I plan to set up my old laptop as a media center with Windows 7, and I will use remote desktop to connect to it. Will it be possible to play music through the speakers connected to this laptop when I ...
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Quicker way to swap microphones & speakers in Windows 7?
I have a headset with a built-in microphone, and a set of speakers with a Blue Yeti microphone, all connected to a Windows 7 PC.
I'd like to be able to switch between the headset mic/speakers and the ...
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Error creating DirectSound buffer. Error code: 88780096
Sometimes Winamp shows me the following error message:
After that there is no audio output (just the error message) at all until I reboot the system. Is it possible to have audio again without ...
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Quickly switch Windows 7 volume normalization on/off?
Is there some way to quickly toggle the state of volume normalization in Windows 7? When it's off watching movies late is tricky, and when it's on it messes with music in a bad way.
It's a great ...
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Macro that disable / enable sound device in Windows 7
What should I use to program that kind of Macro ?
Peter