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Yup, that's what I'll do. I'll update later. Thanks!

Yeah I was thinking if I mute the 2.1 (through their own on board volume control) then that would kill their sound (just like unplugging them would - which I don't want to do) and then I would just have the sound going to the headphones. So this way all i have to do when I want to listen to...

Thanks Barman58. A few of the reviews mention doing what I was asking about: they plug it into the usb port and then use one jack on it for headphones and the other jack on it for a speaker set and it does seem to work.

So then If i muted the 2.1 set through the controls on the 2.1 (not pc), then the headphones would work okay since the PC sound would be unaffected? If that is true, would something like this work: (it appears to be a usb soundcard) Amazon.com: Sabrent USB to 2 x 3.5mm Stereo Jack Splitter...

Yes I just tried the driver direct from Realtek and it did not install the manager. I guess I don't have this feature. That driver also does not have an "enhancement" tab in speaker properties to access the equalizer and presets. The latest driver from HP is similar - no enhancements. If I...

I have a 2.1 speaker set attached to my laptop that does not have its own headphone jack. So in order to listen to headphones I have to unplug the 2.1 from the headphone jack and plug in the headphones. I tried a cheap splitter but that didn't sound good. What I would like is something that...

I have an HP-15 laptop running windows 8.1. It has the Realtek High Definition Audio. I have the driver installed, updated and all, but I don't have the manager. Can i download this somewhere? Thanks.

You can check installed updates in Windows Update. Look for and uninstall kb3035583, then restart computer and then check for new updates. It will show up again. Right click and select hide. Another thing you can do is deselect give me recommended updates like important updates, to prevent...

I have experience upgrading to Windows 10 and in my opinion it is not worth upgrading to but you still may want to try it and see for yourself. I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 using the Windows update. After doing so I then did a reset which is almost like a clean install. I did this...