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How to disable Windows system sounds - permanently - but not application sound
I prefer the sound scheme of Windows 7 HP to be set to "No Sounds" ALL the time. The problem is, when I switch themes, the themes switch sound schemes also. I know I can go in and disable/change to "...
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Keyboard macro to change default audio device
Windows 7, Logitech G110 keyboard
2 audio devices (headphones and speakers)
I am hoping to find a quick way to macro a key to switch to headphones, and a key to switch to speakers.
Anyone have a ...
user76211
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How can I check the video/audio format for a MKV file?
I have a MKV video file. Can you please tell me how I can find out the video/audio codec of that file, and how I can find out if it is 1080p or 1080i?
I have a Windows 7 desktop PC.
Thank you.
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How to disable sound in certain applications?
I hate it when games sometimes play music while being installed.
Is there an easy way to ban selected applications from outputting sound on Windows 7?
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Is it possible to switch between earphones and built-in monitor speakers?
When I plug my earphones into the front panel of my CPU, I get sounds from my earphones. When I unplug it, it goes to the default built-in speakers of the monitor.
Is it possible to set through a ...
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Win7 - mute sound in mixer for particular application by keyboard shortcut
I was wondering whether there is a way to mute / unmute a particular application in the mixer by a keyboard shortcut.
So e.g. by CTRL M W to mute / unmute the sound of Winamp. I am not asking about ...
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How do I amplify the volume of Windows?
In my laptop, some YouTube videos have a too low volume to hear anything. I'm forced to download the video and play it in MPlayer where I can use -softvol to increate the volume.
Is there any ...
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Is there a way to control bass and treble under Windows 7?
My volume control device for my speakers recently decided to stop working so now I am forced to control the volume through purely software means, but my sub-woofer is still a little too loud.
Is ...
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What is the difference between directaudio and windows audio session
Which of these (directaudio/windows audio session) has better quality? What other differences do these have.
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How to send VLC Player audio to headphones rather than PC speaker?
Similar to this question, except I'm on Windows 7. That question also has no accepted answer, and the answer doesn't work for me.
I've tried all the different "Output Module" settings in the Audio ...
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How to feed my speaker to my microphone?
I am chatting on gtalk and want the following things to happen:
I am listening a song in Windows Media Player and I want my friend on the gtalk to hear what I am playing on my PC simultaneously I ...
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Make headphone output mono
my headphones are stereo but I would like the sound from the left and right to be combined then sent to both headphones.
The reason is I'm watching a video where the people speaking are in the right ...
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Free solution to create a virtual sound device in Windows? (Skype speakers both virtual and real)
Trying to learn how to record a Skype conversation, I found here that this can be done on a Mac with Audacity and other free applications (by adding an aggregated device and a multi-output device in ...
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How to play the sound from the microphone?
I would like to amplify my voice using the computer. My Windows won't play the audio from the mic by default. How to configure it to do so? Should I use some app? Which one?
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Good Text-to-Speech solution for Windows [closed]
I am running Windows 7 and I know it has the ability to read me text in my applications, but I am looking for a good utility to save chunks of text as a wav file or mp3. It may already be built into ...
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