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    Volume control causes minimizing?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by zero2005, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. zero2005

    zero2005 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea, as the title says, if i'm in game (fullscreen), and i hit volume up or down, or mute, the on screen display causes my games to minimize. mainly been playin witcher 2 and Starcraft 2 so i dunno about any other games.

    any way to disable that and keep the functionality of the buttons? or do we need to petition Alienware to fix their software? or what?

    edit: oh, and i tried the search button because i thought i saw a post about this earlier, but nothing came up?
     
    zero2005, Jun 29, 2011
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    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    known issue....install the OSD program for the M18x and it fixes this...good luck
     
    steve1ddd, Jun 29, 2011
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  3. zero2005

    zero2005 Notebook Consultant

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    Oh, sweet. thanks!
     
    zero2005, Jun 29, 2011
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