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Bluetooth audio on windows 7 is horrible but on windows 10 it works properly

I have a Toshiba Protege R700 which has windows 10 installed. I decided to install windows 7 and daily drive it for fun. Everything sailed smoothly except of the bluetooth audio. I tried every driver ...
Stelios Liakopoulos's user avatar
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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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How to enable local microphone to use on remote desktop

I want to talk to the microphone of a local machine on Skype of a remote machine.  Unfortunately, this solution did not work: Before connecting to the remote computer, click on "Show Options&...
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How can I open and display permanently the windows "sound control" shown in the picture?

I am using Deezer for listening to Music. I just found out that when using my Keyboard 'FN'-keys to adjust the volume a window appears which shows the current volume and also have the possibility in ...
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Restore sounds for apps after Windows update (without updating drivers or reinstalling app)

Problem experienced on Windows versions 7 and 10. Example used in this post: Quicken 99. The problem and solution may be germane to other Windows versions and apps as well, especially if the app is ...
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Audio crackling and popping with different audio devices (Windows 10)

I've been having this weird audio problem somewhat related to CPU/GPU load with every audio device I've tried. Under moderate load, audio starts to crackle and pop, no matter what audio device I'm ...
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Remote Desktop audio desync

I have a pretty simple problem, I do the opposite of most people - I remote home while at work (I really don't like the software environment at work). Everything works fine except the audio lags by ...
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How can I disable automatic Windows 7/8/10 audio ducking?

Windows, apparently, has a built-in audio ducking feature which is very annoying (to me at least). When two or more audio sources are playing and the maximum audio volume exceeds 100% the OS applies a ...
JohnGRThess's user avatar
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Delay before audio playback starts with digital speakers (Windows 7/8/10)

Windows seems to have a problem with digital audio output (using coaxial/optical outputs) where the audio output goes to "sleep" when not in use and takes a moment to cut back in. I have experienced ...
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Windows 7/10 Volume control bug

i dont know if there is question like this but i want to ask. Why when i lower the volume on Media Player, it lowers even on the Media Player volume. If i lower the volume on the Volume control its ...
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Dampened Sound after unplugging headphones

Everytime after I unplug my headphones my speaker sounds are getting damped. It was like this for a long time, but on Windows 7 it was fixed by simply changing the loudness. Now I upgraded to Windows ...
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USB sound card stops on Asus Windows 10 / works great on Lenovo Windows 7- wrong settings?

I have weird problem... It seems that on my personal laptop [Asus N73SM] after connecting the external sound card "musical fidelity v90-hpa" sound play nice, but after I pause the music, several ...
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Improve resolution of volume controls in Windows

In Windows 7/8/10, the volume control is tapered, so that you drag the slider and it skips many levels at the bottom. Is there any way to make the controls finer, so I can access the settings in ...
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