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Select the Sounds and Audio icon in
Control Panel to adjust the sound level volume on your
computer, choose a sound scheme and assign sounds to system
events. These options can help people who have hearing
impairments and people who are blind and who rely on audio cues
for information from their computers.
In this section, see step by step tutorials to:
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Adjust Computer
Sound Volume
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Choose a Sound
Scheme
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Assign a Sound to a
System Event
Adjust Computer Sound
Volume
You can adjust the computer sound volume if you
have a hearing impairment, work in a noisy environment, or for
other reasons. The ability to clearly hear the sounds made by a
computer is important to people who rely on sounds to get
information from the computer—especially people who are blind or
vision impaired. The volume of add-on computer speakers can
often be adjusted independently. This procedure tells you how to
adjust the computer sound volume through Sounds and Audio
Devices Properties in Control Panel.
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Mouse actions |
Keyboard actions |
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On the
Start menu:
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Select
Control Panel. |
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Display the
Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo
key  ).
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Select
Control Panel by pressing C. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View.
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Select
Sounds and Audio Devices. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press
ENTER.
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Move to
Sounds and Audio Devices by pressing the arrow keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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In the
Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box, on the
Volume tab:
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Adjust the
sound volume by moving the Device volume slider.
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Select
OK. |
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In the
Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box, on the
Volume tab:
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Adjust the
Device volume slider by pressing the RIGHT ARROW key
for higher volume (louder), and the LEFT ARROW key for lower
volume.
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Press
ENTER. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Select the
Close button. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Press ALT+F,
C. |
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Control Panel: Sound and Audio Devices:
Volume tab: Device volume |
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