My volume slider under windows 7 keeps going down automatically.

Anonymous
2009-11-09T21:45:41+00:00

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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Anonymous
2013-10-28T02:41:21+00:00

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.

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2009-11-12T19:39:01+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-05T16:04:07+00:00

    For me it ended up being my Logitech mouse.  I unplugged it and the problem went away. I had all 4 of the symptoms that Dale had.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-07-27T16:38:22+00:00

    I have the Gigabyte 770 MB, which has the Realtek Manager as well.  This was driving me crazy, but here's what worked for me!

     

    Run the Realtek HD Audio Manager.  On the right is a little folder icon right above the word "ANALOG" which has the Back Panel ports underneath it.  This is the Connector Settings icon.  Click it, and check the box that says "Disable front panel jack detection."

    That's what did it for me.  And this was after taking stuff out of startup, ending processes, the works, and it turned out to be THAT simple.

     

    ^^^^ THIS ACTUALLY WORKED FOR ME.

    THANK YOU.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-25T23:24:40+00:00

    I found the solution tonight for my problem with this. It's actually a bunch of problems all rolled together.

     

    1. Alt-Tab does not work. It flashes up and disappears.
    2. Can not Highlight any text using the mouse
    3. Can not Click on a task bar icon and select from list of grouped window previews
    4. Volume control slider keeps going down to zero by itself

     

    I have a fancy Dell keyboard, model SK-8135, with a bunch of "media control buttons" along the top of the keyboard... including a rotary volume control knob that I never use. After rotating the volume knob a couple of clicks, the problems stop...... the volume control stops moving by itself, Alt-Tab works again, I can highlight text again, and I can select grouped windows from the task bar.

     

    If anyone else has this problem, I recommend you examine the front of your computer and your keyboard and mouse devices for "volume up/down/mute" buttons (laptops often have these above the keyboard) as well as any additional buttons that open email or calculator or something

     

    Go along and press each one of these keys a couple times, to "exercise" them. It is possible that one of them is stuck in the pressed or active state, and so it is sending a continuous stream of "keypresses" to your computer.

     

    (It would be useful if there were a diagnostic tool that can report all "keypress data" being sent to the computer from any device, but I am not aware of anything like that.)

     

    • Dale Mahalko, Gilman, WI

     

    Now THAT made just too much sense.

    Mine was changing volume and clicking "Mute" on and off.

    I've been wracking my brain for months.

    Sure enough  my mousepad hangs over the keyboard a little bit and my wrist bends it down just a tad.

    Correcting  this has stopped it now for about ten minutes now.

    THANK YOU MR DALE MAHALKO !!!!

    Where do I apply for the "Duh award" ?

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