Volume Meter

jbartolozzi

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Not sure if this belongs here, but I posted in Sound/Audio and got no responses.
I assume this is probably something you can change is Regedit.

When I press my FN keys that control volume, the +volume and -volume do not make the metro style volume bar show up. However, when I press mute, it shows the volume bar. When I press mute/unmute and then +volume and -volume, the bar shows up and it slides, but it quickly disappears even though I keep changing the volume.

Here are images of the bar I am talking about just to clarify
Volume - Imgur
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64 bit
I had something very similar on my desktop. One day the volume meter worked and then for almost a week didn't show up at all. Then all of a sudden it re-appeared and has been working ever since. During this anomaly, there were some MS updates, so not sure if that had anything to do with it. All is working fine now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X 4 965 BE
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
    Memory
    G-Skill 8 GB PC 8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD XFX HD Radeon 6790D
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2l Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 320 GB w/OS
    Seagate Barracuda 1 TB data storage
    PSU
    Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
    Case
    Thermaltake OverSeer RX 1 fulltower
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper212 120mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder 3.5
Here are images of the bar I am talking about just to clarify
Volume - Imgur

The second time when it's not working, it also doesn't work in the taskbar/notification so it seems sound is disabled or drivers failed (to load). You can click on the sound icon in the taskbar and a troubleshooter will start to analyse the problem.
sound.png

I'd recommend a sound driver update, knowing what sound card that is.

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I had something very similar on my desktop. One day the volume meter worked and then for almost a week didn't show up at all. Then all of a sudden it re-appeared and has been working ever since. During this anomaly, there were some MS updates, so not sure if that had anything to do with it. All is working fine now.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]It's possible one of the updates contained the sound driver.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]That's why is recommended to check for updates.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]When the updates don't find sound drivers then the user has to search for those manually online.[/FONT]
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
This is kinda funny i would pay money to disable that thing. It annoys me.

This one then:
Anyway to disable popup's like the volume indicator overlay meter thing? When i change the audio volume with my mediakeys on my keyboard it pop's up. It annoys me greatly.

If it's the one that appears on top left of screen, I don't know how to disable it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
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