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    Speakers, ehtray, and Fn Keys...

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ThatDude154, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. ThatDude154

    ThatDude154 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. I have slight annoyance I was hoping someone could help me out with.

    I purchased a Logitech AudioHub about two weeks ago for my Windows XP Media Center Gateway laptop (a MX6960). The AudioHub is a USB speaker system.

    When I unplug AudioHub's USB cable from my laptop, the on screen volume indicator (the green bars) cease to indicate the current volume. The green bars are controlled by ehtray.exe. There's no option in my system tray to safely unplug the AudioHub.

    The problem is not fixed when I plug AudioHub back into my laptop. I have found that restarting my laptop with the AudioHub plugged in solves the problem. Restarting stsystra.exe and ehtray.exe solves the problem as well.

    I tested the AudioHub on a Vista PC that uses the IntelliType software from Microsoft as its on screen volume indicator. As far as I know, ehtray.exe is not included in Vista. The Vista PC did NOT have the same problems my Gateway lap does.

    I would just install the IntelliType software on my laptop, but that would not prevent the ehtray.exe volume indicator from being displayed incorrectly. I don't want to disable ehtray.exe completely, because I use a Media Center Remote and ehtray.exe is needed for the remote to function. Also, I don't particularly want all of the unnecessary stuff that IntelliType includes. I just want an on screen volume indicator.

    So, here are my questions:

    1. Is there anyway you can think of to fix the ehtray.exe from malfunctioning when the AudioHub is unplugged?

    2. Is there any on screen volume indicator program that is light on system resources and uses the Fn keys?

    3. Is there anyway to just have the on screen volume indicator part of IntelliType and nothing else from IntelliType?

    4. Is there anyway to program the Fn keys so that if I do have to use a different on screen volume indicator program I can disable the ehtray.exe from displaying the volume, but still have ehtray.exe running so that my Media Center Remote can be used?


    Thank-you for reading and for your response.

    ~Joe
     
    ThatDude154, Mar 30, 2008
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