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    might be a silly question

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mcpenguin, Apr 24, 2008.

  1. mcpenguin

    mcpenguin Notebook Consultant

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    I just formatted and installed all the drivers and now I noticed this annoying volume bar that comes up whenever I change the volume using the Fn keys . I never had this the previous times I've reinstalled XP on this notebook and I am not sure how to get rid of it. Just a minor annoyance but if it's possible to disable this I would be glad to hear.

    Just in case nobody knows what I am talking about I attached a screen shot.

    If anyone can tell me how to get rid of it that would be sweet.

    Thanks
     

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  2. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    that;s weird.
     
    pukemon, Apr 24, 2008
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    What driver version?
     
    ScifiMike12, Apr 24, 2008
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  4. vashts121

    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm almost sure it's a program installed if you reformatted XP with the recovery CD that came with your laptop. Simply click Start, then Run and type in "msconfig". Click the startup tab, and look for anything containing "volume" or "bar" and uncheck it so it is disabled from starting on boot.

    Edit: I don't own a Sager, am I still welcome here? :p
     
    vashts121, Apr 24, 2008
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  5. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    no. but thanks for stopping by. :D
     
    pukemon, Apr 24, 2008
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    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ohhh.....I think you just fried my motherboard :(
     
    vashts121, Apr 24, 2008
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  7. mcpenguin

    mcpenguin Notebook Consultant

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    Your help is greatly appreciated vashts.

    So I disabled the hotkey setup and that seems to do the trick. Not sure what the hotkey setup does since I never bothered to install previously. I must find a way to remove it.

    Thank you for the help
     
    mcpenguin, Apr 24, 2008
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  8. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    can i get my eggs sunny side up? i hope you know i was kidding.
     
    pukemon, Apr 24, 2008
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  9. zfactor

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    yes that is from the hotkey program. the hotkeys still work without it but you dont get the onscreen display unless you install it. personally i dont install it. i hate the on screen display and all of the buttons work just fine anyway
     
    zfactor, Apr 25, 2008
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  10. mcpenguin

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    Yea the only thing that doesn't work without the program is the A key on the right. I think it's default was windows media player. I can live without it though.
     
    mcpenguin, Apr 25, 2008
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  11. zfactor

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    you should be able to use a small macro if you really want to for that.. but if it does not bother you i would not worry about it
     
    zfactor, Apr 25, 2008
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    You are as far as I'm concerned - me and my stinky little vaio! :D :D
     
    Shyster1, Apr 25, 2008
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  13. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Try :
    -updating video driver
    -changing background image
    -eating ice cream
    -using CCleaner to remove leftover programs
    -eating more ice cream.
     
    eleron911, Apr 25, 2008
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    zfactor Mastershake

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    try jv16powertools BLOWS ccleaner away
     
    zfactor, Apr 25, 2008
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    I dunno. I used CCleaner for longer than I can remember and it`s fast and reliable.And free :D
     
    eleron911, Apr 25, 2008
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  16. mcpenguin

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    Simply removing the stupid hotkey setup works fine.

    And yes I will eat more ice cream eleron! but the background stays until I can find some good sager wallpaper

    Thanks guys
     
    mcpenguin, Apr 25, 2008
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