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    Windows Update caused the mute button to stay red

    Discussion in 'HP' started by stonedzombie, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. stonedzombie

    stonedzombie Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone. I did a windows update and, ofcourse, problems occurred. My mute button on the computer stays red now whether mute or not. I've heard similar incidents happen and the solution is to just reinstall the driver. Problem is, I'm not sure what driver to reinstall.

    Any help?
     
    stonedzombie, Dec 10, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yes Windows Update installed the wrong driver. It always does this. Dont use WU to update hardware drivers.

    Go to the HP website > Driver & Support and download the proper audio driver for your model.
     
    flipfire, Dec 10, 2008
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  3. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    And you can selectively uninstall WUs. If Vista, it's Control Panel > Windows Update > Update History. :cool:
     
    pixelot, Dec 10, 2008
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  4. stonedzombie

    stonedzombie Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I didn't purposely try to update hardware driver. WU just launched automatically. Also, I went to WU history, and the updates that were installed only were security updates. So, im not sure why its happening.
     
    stonedzombie, Dec 10, 2008
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  5. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Ah. Well, that's part of why I have my WU set to manual. It notifies me, and I choose to install. ;)
     
    pixelot, Dec 10, 2008
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    hieuster Newbie

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    Same thing happened to me. They're just windows security updates. I'm just going to uninstall all of them that was installed today.
     
    hieuster, Dec 10, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I've had to reinstall Windows because of WU before. :mad:
     
    pixelot, Dec 11, 2008
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    tstake Newbie

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    I had the same probelm after WU updated my HP dv5. Even though the mute button was red I still had sound so I figured it wasn't the audio drivers.

    I installed the latest drivers from HP for the HP Quick Launch buttons and it seemed to rectify the issue.

    Cheers...
     
    tstake, Dec 11, 2008
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    halae Newbie

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    same here with dv7-1175
    re-installing quick lunch fixed it ..
     
    halae, Dec 18, 2008
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  10. PettyRocks

    PettyRocks Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had something similar happen yesterday, but when I restarted it was back to normal.
     
    PettyRocks, Dec 18, 2008
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  11. Imperfect1

    Imperfect1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I had something similar to Petty Rocks happen -- after the Microsoft updates my Quick Launch volume button went red, but I decided that I would just leave it as it was (I kinda liked the red light, and I always use my volume/mute button in the task bar anyway) -- but a couple of days later, the Quick Launch volume control was back to normal. I'm not sure what that was about, but I'm glad the problem righted itself. Did that happen to anyone else?
     
    Imperfect1, Dec 19, 2008
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