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Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting ...
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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones
I have a problem with the sound quality of a pair of Acoustic CHP600BT Solutions Bluetooth Headphones - Black.
When I connect these headphones to my phone (Samsung S2 plus), the sound quality is ...
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How do I play audio through a Bluetooth headset in Windows 7?
I recently did an in-place upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 RTM. For the most part, things have gone brilliantly. The only issue I've been facing is regarding my Bluetooth headset, a Dell BH200. The ...
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How do you mute the ding sound in Google Chrome when find on page returns no results?
In Google Chrome, on Windows 7, if you hit Ctrl+F and you type in random letters, you will hear a ding sound. I want to mute that sound.
How would I go about doing that?
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Computer volume drops when USB deviced plugged in
This is really an odd issue. When I close the laptop (I use it on a docking station; it doesn't leave the docking station when this issue occurs) or when I open iTunes, the volume output on the ...
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How to make the PC speaker beep from the Windows 7 command prompt?
I'm running some lengthy video encodes using the Handbrake command line interface. After all my encodes are done, I would like to have the PC speaker beep, as I usually turn my large external speakers ...
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How to use two audio devices simultaneously with Windows 7?
I have an audio connector on board (Asus P8H67-I) and an USB audio card (Teufel). How can I use the two devices simultaneously?
As far as I can see I have to set one device to the standard output ...
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Turn volume up over 100% in Windows 7
I find that for some applications, even turning the volume up to 100% on their application or the master volume just isn't enough. Is there some setting somewhere where I can push the limit?
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How to create a virtual audio device and stream audio input with it
Here's my concrete problem:
I am broadcasting a game via XFire and it uses the Windows audio device to capture any audio I receive. As I am broadcasting, other users who watch the video stream are ...
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Windows 7 lowers applications' volume automatically
Every time I run some of my games, if the media player is open and playing, Windows 7 lowers the volume of both applications (the game and the player). All other applications are not affected. I tried ...
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How to enable remote microphone on remote desktop
I just directly connect my thin client (with embedded OS) to a remote machine (Windows 7) via RDP.
The problem is, once I try to test the audio via Skype, it seems that the audio/microphone of the ...
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Microphone volume at maximum yet too quiet
I have got a reasonbly basic desktop microphone, however for reasons that I don't understand it is extremley quiet. I dual boot, both systems run Windows 7, one system is working just fine although ...
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What's the differnce between "Set as Default Device" and "Set as Default Communications Device" in the Sound configuration in Windows 7?
I noticed that there are two similar options in the "Sound" (Soundcard Configuration window->playback tab in the context menu) window in Windows 7.
What is the difference between these two options?
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How do I manage multiple audio playback devices on Windows Vista/7?
I've got speakers (audio in) and headphones (USB headset with it's own soundcard) connected to my desktop computer. Under Windows 7, I can right-click the Audio Mixer and select Playback Devices and ...
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Assigning programs to specific audio outputs in Windows 7
In Windows XP I could, for instance, play music on my speakers then have a game play on my headset via this clunky method:
Set default sound output to speakers
Run music player
Set default sound ...
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