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Sound volume settings
I have a Toshiba Tecra M6 with SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio. When I
click on the sound icon in the systray & set the volume to high in the mixer, the setting will not stay & the sound slides back to zero. This happens when I'm playing a CD or talking on Skype. I have to manually keep my cursor on the volume & keep sliding it up to 100. I can't find a volume setting in the control panel. The sound icon has every unuseful tab & configuration/properties buttons except a volume setting bar. I'm seriously considering going back to XP; it appears that the nerds at MS never took a class in change management. They sure took their users out of their comfort zone when they introduced Vista! Where can I set the volume controls so they stick? |
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Sound volume settings
What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? There
are some that cause problems. ------- *Report back, please* [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm "Pinecity" wrote in message ... I have a Toshiba Tecra M6 with SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio. When I click on the sound icon in the systray & set the volume to high in the mixer, the setting will not stay & the sound slides back to zero. This happens when I'm playing a CD or talking on Skype. I have to manually keep my cursor on the volume & keep sliding it up to 100. I can't find a volume setting in the control panel. The sound icon has every unuseful tab & configuration/properties buttons except a volume setting bar. I'm seriously considering going back to XP; it appears that the nerds at MS never took a class in change management. They sure took their users out of their comfort zone when they introduced Vista! Where can I set the volume controls so they stick? |
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Sound volume settings
The sound settings you can have available in Vista are integrated with
whatever controls your sound chip manufacturer included in their drivers. The same Windows mixer settings are accessible by right click from the speaker icon or from the Sound applet in control panel. My sound chipset is Realtek and all of the controls are present. It's possible your sound driver installation is corrupt or requires updating. Look for updated Vista drivers at the SoundMax support website. "Pinecity" wrote in message ... I have a Toshiba Tecra M6 with SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio. When I click on the sound icon in the systray & set the volume to high in the mixer, the setting will not stay & the sound slides back to zero. This happens when I'm playing a CD or talking on Skype. I have to manually keep my cursor on the volume & keep sliding it up to 100. I can't find a volume setting in the control panel. The sound icon has every unuseful tab & configuration/properties buttons except a volume setting bar. I'm seriously considering going back to XP; it appears that the nerds at MS never took a class in change management. They sure took their users out of their comfort zone when they introduced Vista! Where can I set the volume controls so they stick? |
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Sound volume settings
Thanks for your interest. My firewall is the MS default and the anti-virus
program is Avira Antivir PE. I have several antispyware programs running as they all seem to defend against different things and being located overseas I have to worry more about this than viruses. These include (in the background real time): Spyware Doctor, Spyware Terminator, SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard. I also run A- Squared, Ad-Aware SE and AVG Anti-Spyware when I want to cross check things. Actually, I would be satisfied if the sound icon in the Vista control panel would just simply give me the tools to set the toggle for high volume & leave it there, like RealTek does. I'm not impressed with either SoundMax or the Vista control panel; it uneccesarily complicates what used to be an intuitive, simple process. "Bob" wrote: What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? There are some that cause problems. ------- *Report back, please* [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm "Pinecity" wrote in message ... I have a Toshiba Tecra M6 with SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio. When I click on the sound icon in the systray & set the volume to high in the mixer, the setting will not stay & the sound slides back to zero. This happens when I'm playing a CD or talking on Skype. I have to manually keep my cursor on the volume & keep sliding it up to 100. I can't find a volume setting in the control panel. The sound icon has every unuseful tab & configuration/properties buttons except a volume setting bar. I'm seriously considering going back to XP; it appears that the nerds at MS never took a class in change management. They sure took their users out of their comfort zone when they introduced Vista! Where can I set the volume controls so they stick? |
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Sound volume settings
Thanks for your interest, but I clearly stated that I had clicked on the
sound icon in the systray and the mixer doesn't appear to work properly. Nor by clicking on the sound icon in the control panel do I get the toggle switches one typically finds with RealTek. I believe the SoundMax utilities are useless & may have to replace it with a better audio software. "RalfG" wrote: The sound settings you can have available in Vista are integrated with whatever controls your sound chip manufacturer included in their drivers. The same Windows mixer settings are accessible by right click from the speaker icon or from the Sound applet in control panel. My sound chipset is Realtek and all of the controls are present. It's possible your sound driver installation is corrupt or requires updating. Look for updated Vista drivers at the SoundMax support website. "Pinecity" wrote in message ... I have a Toshiba Tecra M6 with SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio. When I click on the sound icon in the systray & set the volume to high in the mixer, the setting will not stay & the sound slides back to zero. This happens when I'm playing a CD or talking on Skype. I have to manually keep my cursor on the volume & keep sliding it up to 100. I can't find a volume setting in the control panel. The sound icon has every unuseful tab & configuration/properties buttons except a volume setting bar. I'm seriously considering going back to XP; it appears that the nerds at MS never took a class in change management. They sure took their users out of their comfort zone when they introduced Vista! Where can I set the volume controls so they stick? |
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Sound volume settings
Hi,
I'm having a similar problem with my Toshiba Tecra M7 with a RealTek integrated soundcard. I'm getting no sound at all. It worked when I first got the computer a couple of months ago. The problem seemed to happen after Windows performed an update. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've been trying to fix this for about a month now. "Pinecity" wrote: Thanks for your interest, but I clearly stated that I had clicked on the sound icon in the systray and the mixer doesn't appear to work properly. Nor by clicking on the sound icon in the control panel do I get the toggle switches one typically finds with RealTek. I believe the SoundMax utilities are useless & may have to replace it with a better audio software. "RalfG" wrote: The sound settings you can have available in Vista are integrated with whatever controls your sound chip manufacturer included in their drivers. The same Windows mixer settings are accessible by right click from the speaker icon or from the Sound applet in control panel. My sound chipset is Realtek and all of the controls are present. It's possible your sound driver installation is corrupt or requires updating. Look for updated Vista drivers at the SoundMax support website. "Pinecity" wrote in message ... I have a Toshiba Tecra M6 with SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio. When I click on the sound icon in the systray & set the volume to high in the mixer, the setting will not stay & the sound slides back to zero. This happens when I'm playing a CD or talking on Skype. I have to manually keep my cursor on the volume & keep sliding it up to 100. I can't find a volume setting in the control panel. The sound icon has every unuseful tab & configuration/properties buttons except a volume setting bar. I'm seriously considering going back to XP; it appears that the nerds at MS never took a class in change management. They sure took their users out of their comfort zone when they introduced Vista! Where can I set the volume controls so they stick? |