In my office I have three computers, all running Windows 7, all three under a year old. Two have speaker systems connected, the other is a laptop. They all suffer from fluctuating volume and it’s driving me nuts. Every week or so I spend a few hours researching other peoples experience. It seems I am one of many thousands sufferring this issue.
Solutions for some people do not work for others. 
The fact that some people have found solutions and I cannot just makes the entire fiasco more frustrating. Add the time spent trying to sort this and multiply that figure by the minimum wage by the number of people experiencing this issue and there’s a good chance the UK defecit could be covered by the extra revenue in taxes.
Here are a few of the solutions I have tried that have worked for other people:
- Reinstalling sound card drivers
- Rolling sound card drivers back (I worked my way through to the originals)
- Selecting “Do Nothing” in Control Panel -> Sound Card Settings -> Communication tab
- Kicking the cat (at least the volume was consistent for a few seconds)
If you know the secret and wish to share I will pay you $10 via Paypal if it works, that should be enough to cover a pint (unless of course you are in the UK and a budget has just raised the price; thanks Gordon, you did for finance what Herod did for the Bethlehem Playgroup Association).
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