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    Inspiron 9300 Win XP Volume Meter

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Jakeworld, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. Jakeworld

    Jakeworld Notebook Consultant

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    I had reinstalled Windows XP Media Center a few days ago, and the only thing that's noticeably different than before is a green volume meter that shows up every time I press the external volume controls. I had to format the computer because it was having a slew of problems, including Windows [mis]handling my temporary files by putting necessary drivers into disk cleanup as safe for removal, as well as chkdisk randomly rewriting parameters and security vectors. Anyways, with that aside, I was just wondering if anyone has any idea on how to remove the green volume bar, as it is fairly annoying. I tried looking for the solution already, but I couldn't find anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    BTW: Here's a pic of the aforementioned green volume meter:
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    you need Quickset installed and running

    EDIT: sorry, i thought you wanted it. if you dont want it, either...

    1. remove quickset
    2. turn off quickset from systray
    3. turn off volume meter in quickset
     
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  3. Amber

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    Which volume bar? Are you talking about the top one which is quickset?
     
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  4. Jakeworld

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    I was referring to the volume meter on the bottom. The quickset volume meter is the one I actually prefer, but it's irritating seeing that tacky green volume meter, yet I have no idea how to disable it.

    To be more specific, I'll zoom in:
    [​IMG]
     
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    sorry, i thought you were talking about the quickset meter.

    i don't know about the green one.
     
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    the bottom one is the MCE one. There should be a setting in MCE for it. You might check your sound properties in the control panel. I haven't worked with MCE, so I'm not sure where the setting would be at.
     
    Amber, Apr 13, 2006
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