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I have tried clean boot,new user profile,virus scan.checked sound card settings,got the drivers updated from toshiba for sound card and the touch pad on the laptop. I have also tried connecting an optical mouse which didnt helped.
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hi, I just had the same problem, my computer either moved the volume automaticaly all the way up or down, but never let me do the adjustments.
My computer does have a realtek audio card but that wasn't the problem. The solution for me was to uninstall the keyboard and restart the computer. The keyboard was installed automaticaly on reboot and it all worked perfectly.
Hope this helps.
Hi Vaibahav5555,
Welcome to Microsoft Answers.
We would like to get a better understanding of this issue so we can better assist not only you but other users with similar problems as well.
Uninstall realtek manager and check if the problem is resolved.
Check for any other software that is running and set to 'mute'. The slider only displays the status of the volume mixer device, and the device itself is shared between all the programs - if any of them changes the volume, others should move their sliders accordingly. If one program keeps muting the volume, setting it in another won't help.
Also check whether (if you have a laptop or a multimedia keyboard) the 'volume down' key is stuck.
Hope this information is helpful.
Thank you and Regards.
Thahaseena M
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer.
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Turns out My problem was down to a faulty stick of RAM go figure
i had the same problem,i tried couple of things that didn't help but finally i unplug the usb
of my laser mouse and the issue has been solved,and just to make sure i plugged in the same mouse to my other computer and it gives me the same problem- the volium going down by itself when i tryed to lift it up. now i need to complain about this new logitech mouse in one of the compusa/tiger direct stors!
hope its help you
Thanks to hints in the previous posts, I found the "cause" of my volume slider automatically dropping to zero. I have a gateway FX-173 portable with an attached monitor and microsoft radio mouse and keyboard. The big hint in previous posts was keyboard and mouse problems along with the volume slider problem. Indeed, I noticed that when the volume slider was doing its go-to-zero thing, the mouse action was erratic in several programs, including selecting items in Quicken pull-down windows and selecting text in Internet Explorer. So like other posters here, I started fooling around with the portable's native keyboard and touchpad, the attached keyboard and mouse, and .... I discovered that when I moved the Gateway portable's lid toward the closed position, the volume slider starting going to zero!! And, when I opened the lid, the volume slider stopped!! The lid does not have to be completely closed to start the volume slider moving. So while I don't know the root cause, I suspect it is in the power options for behavior when the lid is closed.
I doubt this fix will work for everyone, and I cannot yet point to a root cause. But adding my experience to the others in this thread, I suggest that you look closely at any add-on keyboards and mice, and the position of your laptop lids.
I'm going to poke around in Power Settings to see if I can find a lid close option choice that fixes the issue.
Meanwhile, good luck to others that have a variant of this volume slider issue that doesn't yet have a solution. This issue really deserves some serious attention by Microsoft to discover a root cause and fix it for everyone.
