Youcanswitchthefunctionoftheprimaryandsecondarymousebuttonsandchangeotherdefaultbehavior
throughthemousepropertiesfunctionintheWindowsControlPanel.
AdjustingaudioSoundisanimportantpartofthecomputerexperience.Yourcomputerhasadigitalaudiocontrollerbuilt
intothesystemboard.Somemodelsalsohaveahigh-performanceaudioadapterinstalledinoneofthePCI
cardslots.
AboutyourcomputeraudioIfafactory-installed,high-performanceaudioadapterisinstalledinyourcomputer,thesystem-board
audioconnectorsontherearofthecomputeraretypicallydisabled;usetheconnectorsprovidedonthe
audioadapter.
Eachaudiosolutionprovidesatleastthreeaudioconnectors:audioline-inconnector,audioline-out
connector,andMicrophoneconnector.Onsomemodels,afourthconnectorisprovidedfortheattachment
ofunpoweredstereospeakers(speakersthatdonotrequireanacpowersource).Theaudioadapter
providesyouwiththeabilitytorecordandplaybacksoundandmusic,aswellastoenjoysoundwith
multimediaapplicationsandworkwithspeech-recognitionsoftware.
Optionally,youcanconnectasetofpoweredstereospeakerstotheaudioline-outconnectortoenjoy
bettersoundwithmultimediaapplications.
SettingthevolumefromthedesktopThedesktopvolumecontrolisaccessiblethroughthevolumeiconinthetaskbar,whichislocatedatthe
bottom-rightcorneroftheWindowsdesktop.Clickthevolumeiconandmovethesliderupordownto
controlthevolume,orclicktheMuteicontoturntheaudiooff.Ifthevolumeiconisnotinthetaskbar,see
“Addingthevolumeicontothetaskbar”onpage17.
Addingthevolumeicontothetaskbar
ToaddthevolumeicontothetaskbarontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙AppearanceandPersonalization.
2.IntheTaskbarandStartMenutopic,clickCustomizeiconsonthetaskbar.
3.ClickTurnsystemiconsonoroffandchangethevolumebehaviorsfromOfftoOn.
4.ClickOKtosavethenewsettings.
ToaddthevolumeicontothetaskbarontheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙AppearanceandPersonalization.
2.IntheTaskbarandStartMenutopic,clickCustomizeiconsonthetaskbar.
3.OntheNoticationAreatab,selectVolumetoallowtheicontodisplay.
4.ClickApplytosavethenewsettings.
SettingthevolumefromControlPanelYoucansetthecomputervolumefromControlPanel.TosetthecomputervolumefromControlPanel,
dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound.
2.IntheSoundtopic,clickAdjustsystemvolume.
3.Movetheslidersupordowntoraiseorlowerthevolumeofyourcomputer.
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