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    p-7805u, is there way to display volume level on screen?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by shin777, Apr 7, 2009.

  1. shin777

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    i am sick of counting how many times i press volume up or down buttons or clicking speaker button right bottom side of window taskbar to see how loud my volume is. is there way to make this laptop to display volume level on screen?
     
    shin777, Apr 7, 2009
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    There are volume gadgets for Vista...........
     
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  3. hanime

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    hanime, Apr 7, 2009
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    Hey Hanime...
    Thanks for the link to the prog. It's a great little prog.
     
    raston, Apr 8, 2009
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    what does it do?
     
    strife1013, Apr 8, 2009
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    Dude thanks, that lil thing is awesome ^^

    it just displays the volume while you change it, you can use multiple skins... its simple and awesome ^^
     
    sentence, Apr 8, 2009
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    be careful though, I actually liked that the volume did not display on the screen because if you're playing a full screen game and use it, often the graphic will display above the full screen game, or will display it below it and you might click it by accident causing you to alt-tab out. at least, that was my experience on my dell
     
    Jakamo5, Apr 8, 2009
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    MS Intellitype should also give you the onscreen volume/mute display, at least on WinXP it does.
     
    Big Mike, Apr 8, 2009
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  9. hanime

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    You can always hold down the windows key + scroll on the mouse for quick volume up/down. ;)
     
    hanime, Apr 8, 2009
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    hmm doesn't work for me
     
    Jakamo5, Apr 9, 2009
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    Me either. What I do is just fn pg up or pg dn. Not too inconvenient. I don't know what gateway was thinking with that stupid volume bar though. It's just less convenient than 2 buttons, and it doesn't always work well.
     
    gamadaya, Apr 9, 2009
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    Are you sure that volume doesn`t display in 7805?

    Mine is a 7801 and it shows the volume on screen when I push the + or - button, and it`s basicly the same lappy!

    Make sure it isn`t configuration.
     
    Blackgillan, Apr 10, 2009
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  13. Jakamo5

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    Are you still using the stock installation? Maybe whatever drivers are doing that got wiped when I reinstalled the OS. I'm using a 7811 tho.
     
    Jakamo5, Apr 10, 2009
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    thx. this tool is awsome. it made my life easier.
    now, is there way to make this thing display volume when i am playing game in full screen?
     
    shin777, Apr 10, 2009
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    Do you mean hold Fn and press up/down arrow keys?
     
    oamster, Apr 10, 2009
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  16. Blackgillan

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    Yes, brand new 7801, didn`t touch in anything.
     
    Blackgillan, Apr 10, 2009
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  17. hanime

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    Nope, this one is for the 3RVX. It's the default Hotkey setup for the program. All you have to do is press & hold the Windows key and scroll up/down.
     
    hanime, Apr 10, 2009
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    That's why I guess. Anyone who reformatted their laptop doesn't have the drivers installed to hotkey volume change.
     
    Jakamo5, Apr 14, 2009
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