Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 20:20:50 +1000 (EST)
From: DONALD PEDDER <jims_son AT jedi DOT apana DOT org DOT au>
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Subject: Re: non-DOS question
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   Well, I've made an interesting discovery (but my problem isn't yet
solved).

   The reason I noticed I was losing volume system-wide was that my
start-up sound was lower volume. In order to experiment and not have to
re-boot all the time, I went into Control Panel->Sounds and played my
start-up sound, and what do you know? I had lost the volume again!
   So, the problem is that after (re)installing my audio drivers, and all
is hunky-dorey, the very next time I play something through Windows -
usually Media-player, but in this case just playing the sound within
Control Panel - the volume goes low again. Unfortunately, I couldn't find
a non-Microsoft player to experiment with - neither Real Player or
Quicktime recognise MPEG's (at least not the versions *I* have).

   So, it's something in Windows itself which is clobbering my physical
volume (as I said, the settings are unchanged). Anyone know what this is
and how to fix it?
   At least I know now it's not that actual file (which is what it LOOKED
like).

   I didn't have this problem before as far as I know, but I wasn't
playing around with media stuff much before either (whereas now I have the
VideoBlaster and CD-RW drive).

dp.