Thanks Saturn, I'm very grateful to you for that. Not only is the message gone, but the volume is significantly louder. This was the one thing that immediately pissed me off about Windows 10 which otherwise seems fine.
How can I disable the unsafe volume warning?
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I usually have my laptop's system volume at 80% and plugged into speakers which I can adjust, but since updating to windows 8.1 I keep noticing that every time I turn my laptop on while plugged into the speakers it automatically lowers and limits my volume to about 40% and when I try to turn it up a large banner warns me that any higher might be unsafe for my ears asking am I sure I want to do this.
It's very annoying to get this every day, and I can't seem to find a way to disable the warning permanently.
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2016-02-27T13:00:12+00:00 -
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2016-02-27T12:28:25+00:00 Right-click the Start button, select "Device Management", "audio, video, games Controller".
Click the right button on "Realtek high definition audio device", property, driver, uninstall (so you delete the Realtek driver from your computer), restart.
Windows recognizes again Realtek, but uses the drivers that come with Windows.
Right-click the Start button, select "Device Management", "audio, video, games Controller".
Right button on "Realtek high definition audio device", property, driver, updates, "Search the driver on your computer", "pick from a list of drivers ...", select "High Definition Audio Device" (not realtek!) and go on.
Some menu items may be different in your language because I use Windows in Italian.
In this way the security banner will not appear, however, remember that you will not have an audio equalizer that came with Realtek audio driver.
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Anonymous
2016-02-27T11:33:13+00:00 Okay, I'm a little confused. I've downloaded the standard Realtek drivers and initially the device manager showed "high definition audio device" and the volume warning went away. Then of its own accord, it went back to "Realtek high definition audio" and the message came back. I'm not even sure what the difference between the two is since the first one actually came from Realtek. Very frustrating though as it seemed like I'd fixed the problem and then it came right back.
[If you look at this link you can see the two side by side so they're clearly different but I'm not sure how, and how do I get the other one??!! https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-realtek-high-definition-audio-driver-issue-for-windows-10/]
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Anonymous
2016-01-16T12:45:31+00:00 On my Samsung XE700T1A with Windows 10 I use "High Definition Audio Device" driver instead of "Realtek High Definition Audio" driver.
The unsafe volume warning does not appear.
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Anonymous
2015-12-23T16:38:16+00:00 What about windows 10? I like Windows 10 much better than 8 or 8.1... Any ideas where this is located to turn off the switch?