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Old March 18th 20, 06:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Sound volume increase?

I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA

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Old March 18th 20, 06:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 18 Mar 2020 17:44:37 GMT, KenK wrote:

I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?


If I understand your question, and I may not, I'll give an example of how
"I" adjust the sound on my Windows 10 Pro computer.

On my PC, admittedly an old desktop that has a separate sound card but no
speakers, there are _multiple_ ways to "raise the volume".

1. The little speaker icon slider in the quicklaunch bar (as you noted).
2. Which if you right click on mine, has a "volume mixer" & other controls.
3. Some of which appear to be able to select various sound output drivers.
And...
4. The external speakers themselves, which are powered, have a volume knob.
5. Most audio players I use (e.g., Media Player) have a volume slider.
6. I think that even the Nvidia control panel (driver?) has a slider.

If that's not enough volume control to get you to "eleven", I'm sure others
will chime in with methods that I don't use that I may have missed.
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Old March 18th 20, 07:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 2020-03-18 12:44 p.m., KenK wrote:
I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA



Is this a laptop or a desktop or tablet?

If a desktop does your speaker system have a volume control?

If so is it turned up?

Rene


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Old March 18th 20, 07:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:

KenK wrote:

I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen.
Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it.


If you right-click the speaker icon, then go into volume mixer, have you
turned down e.g. system sounds, or the individual app you're trying to hear?


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Old March 18th 20, 08:42 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 18/03/2020 17:44, KenK wrote:
I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA


Check if the video or radio or any website you are trying to watch and
hear has a speaker icon. It might have been lowered by mistake by you
because of your shaky hands and dodgy mouse.


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Old March 18th 20, 08:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 3/18/2020 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA

I have found that to get the best volume I set the volume control in the
program generating the sound to its max, AND then you can use the icon
on the tool bar to adjust the volume to your pleasure. If in your
situation you the sound is going through multiple program all but the
volume control on the toolbar should be set to their max volume.

As mentioned if you are using external speakers there may be a volume
control on the external speaker also.

If the sound source is coming from an external device like DVD player,
those volumes should also be a a max.

Care should be taken so the sound coming from the external device does
not over load the computer sound and amplification circuits.
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Old March 18th 20, 09:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:43:52 -0400, knuttle wrote:

As mentioned if you are using external speakers there may be a volume
control on the external speaker also.


Regarding hardware, some questions for the OP are (assuming a desktop):
a. Do you have a sound card with its own output jack?
b. Do you have a corresponding jack on the motherboard?
c. Do you have speakers?
d. Are your speakers powered?
e. Are they plugged in to the corresponding jack on the PC?
f. Is the Bluetooth set up on the PC?
etc.

If it's a laptop, then the OP won't have as many output jacks, nor will a
laptop likely have external speakers.
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Old March 19th 20, 02:34 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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KenK wrote:
I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA


1) Install the custom sound driver. This gives a second (alternate)
view of the controls.

On RealTek, if you have trouble getting the driver from the
RealTek site, visit your motherboard maker or OEM computer maker
and check their download page. They will also carry the RealTek
driver, if your machine uses RealTek.

Some computer sound companies have changed hands. A Sigmatel driver
might now be an IDT driver. Usually changes of hands are documented
(somewhere), if you need to verify this has happened. Even a Wikipedia
article about a company can tell you this.

2) There is a "Wave" and a "Master" control on some of them.

Speaker = digital-wave-out * Wave-setting * Master-setting

Also check the mute buttons.

Usually the speaker wiring swap controls don't entirely
bugger the signals, so we can't blame them as the source
of the problem. Swapping center and sub, can produce "gutless"
"no-base" problem. Some computer speakers have center and sub
wired wrong, which is why that tick box control exists.

*******

A sample, from my current machine.

https://i.postimg.cc/SxmwnWD2/custom...visibility.gif

Paul
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On 18/03/2020 17:44, KenK wrote:
I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA


Check if the video or radio or any website you are trying to watch and
hear has a speaker icon. It might have been lowered by mistake by you
because of your shaky hands and dodgy mouse.


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Old March 19th 20, 03:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
John Doe[_8_]
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KenK wrote:

I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the
screen. Sound set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way
to increase it?


Let me count the ways...

Besides some possible ways already mentioned, for anybody who needs
more volume and might want an equalizer too, try the "Equalizer APO
Configurator" with "Peter's Equalizer APO Configuration Extension"
(the second one is the GUI, installed after the program). Might take
a while to get used to, but it works great. The "Pre Amplifying" ads
loudness to whatever you already have. That and the "Frequencies"
can be adjusted and saved as presets.
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Old March 20th 20, 01:23 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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"KenK" wrote in message ...

I right-clicked the little speaker on the bottom-right of the screen. Sound
set to 100%. I can hardly hear it. Is there any way to increase it?

TIA


Lots of good suggestions but keeping it simple, simply open Device Manager
and go to the "Sound, video and game controllers" section, right-click on
the sound devices (e.g. High Definition Audio Device, Intel Display Audio,
NVIDIA High Definition Audio and select Update Driver for each one. Reboot
system and test again.

If it still has low volume and you have checked that the wall wart for any
external speakers is plugged in for the powered speakers, power light is on
and volume control is turned up, then go back to Device Manger and Uninstall
each of the sound devices. Reboot and let windows reinstall the drivers
(generic drivers perhaps). If the sound improves, then get any OEM updates
you may need.

If this is a laptop setup, Uninstall the device drivers, reboot and
reinstall any OEM drivers. Win10's generic drivers are good enough in most
cases but if you have a sound card with enhanced sound capabilities then
those drivers will not shine but they are good enough for troubleshooting
and letting you know what the problem most likely is.

I'm not aware of any recent Win10 update that is affecting sound but if all
else fails, go to Windows Updates settings and uninstall the last update/s
installed.

If a laptop, any chance it has a mute button or F key selection that is
overriding the taskbar applet?

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Old March 20th 20, 02:40 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 20/03/2020 00:23, n/a wrote:



Lots of good suggestions


Complete and utter rubbish. None of the suggestions were good. The
best one is that the OP should just buy an external speaker and set it
to the loudest volume and his problem is solved once and for all.

There is no need to come here and cry about silly things like this.

Microsoft is really embarrassed that its operating system users are so dumb.




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Old March 20th 20, 03:29 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 01:40:19 +0000, ? Good Guy ?
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On 20/03/2020 00:23, n/a wrote:



Lots of good suggestions


Complete and utter rubbish. None of the suggestions were good. The
best one is that the OP should just buy an external speaker and set it
to the loudest volume and his problem is solved once and for all.

There is no need to come here and cry about silly things like this.

Microsoft is really embarrassed that its operating system users are so dumb.


Opens his big bloody mouth again
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On 20/03/2020 00:23, n/a wrote:



Lots of good suggestions


Complete and utter rubbish. None of the suggestions were good. The
best one is that the OP should just buy an external speaker and set it
to the loudest volume and his problem is solved once and for all.

There is no need to come here and cry about silly things like this.

Microsoft is really embarrassed that its operating system users are so dumb.




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satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

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