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August 25th 10, 04:11 PM
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Sound Volume - Windows Sounds vs Music
On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the
system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? -- Thanks, croy 
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August 25th 10, 05:15 PM
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"croy" wrote in message ... On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? -- Thanks, croy
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August 25th 10, 08:48 PM
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"croy" wrote in message ... On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? -- Thanks, croy If the music player provides it's own volume control also (WinAmp, WMP do) then can't you just up the system volume but keep the players volume low? Works here using an old version of WinAmp on XP.
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August 25th 10, 09:11 PM
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croy wrote:
On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? Here's something you might try.. double-click the volume control in the Tray area, and lower the midi and CD player volumes. Increase the Wave volume. -- Joe =o)
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August 30th 10, 02:39 PM
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:15:15 -0500, "Ben Dover"
wrote: No It's looking more and more like you are right. WindowsXP seems to be incapable of this. -- croy
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August 30th 10, 02:48 PM
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:48:46 -0300, "pjp"
wrote: "croy" wrote in message .. . On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? If the music player provides it's own volume control also (WinAmp, WMP do) then can't you just up the system volume but keep the players volume low? Works here using an old version of WinAmp on XP. You're right! I had just about given up on this. I'm using WMP, and it does certainly work the way you describe. Many thanks. -- croy
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August 30th 10, 02:51 PM
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:11:56 -0400, Elmo
wrote: croy wrote: On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? Here's something you might try.. double-click the volume control in the Tray area, and lower the midi and CD player volumes. Increase the Wave volume. Thanks for the reply, but no cigar. It seems that the Wave volume control handles both music and system sounds. But Pip's idea does indeed work. -- croy
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August 31st 10, 01:34 AM
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Sound Volume - Windows Sounds vs Music
"croy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:11:56 -0400, Elmo wrote: croy wrote: On this XP box, when doing data-entry, I really need the system sounds to notify me when I make a mistake that would normally cause a sound to notify me. I also like to play music very softly when I'm doing data-entry, but if I turn the sound volume down to make the music soft, I can't hear the Windows sounds that tell me I've made a mistake in data-entry. Is there any way to be able to adjust the music sound volume independently of the system sounds? Here's something you might try.. double-click the volume control in the Tray area, and lower the midi and CD player volumes. Increase the Wave volume. Thanks for the reply, but no cigar. It seems that the Wave volume control handles both music and system sounds. But Pip's idea does indeed work. -- croy Another old geezer needs glasses as bad as I do  That p j (jay) p Note - the system sounds are also wav files, you can use your own instead.
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