re: disabling/enabling internal speakers
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22031 messages posted)
If the jack is broken, you can not make software to silence one and not the other.
Internal and external speakers is an entirely different issue.
On Monday, March 23, 2009 at 6:30 am, John wrote:
>Well, no, this is not answering my question. As I said I am trying to disable/enable
>the internal speakers through software/OS, not through hardware (e.g. plugging in
>the external speakers/headphone). This is a problem of a faulty hardware, since
when
>I plug in the headphone, sound comes out of both the internal speakers and the headphone.
>However, this can be resolved through software on Linux. No need for hacking there,
>I simply have an option to do so in the ALSA mixer interface. See image from Ubuntu:
>http://prdupl02.ynet.co.il/ForumFiles_2/25926733.JPG
>It lets me easily pick which options I want: both internal & external, only one
of
>them, none.
>Unfortunately, there is nothing like this in Windows XP sound control interface,
>or SoundMax interface. So after searching high and low, i found out that it requires
>a registry hack. Google for the string 4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318.
>Yes this is a hack.
>I am very close to the answer. I need someone who is really an expert in Windows
>registry to help me to tweak it on my specific hardware (Thinkpad T61, SoundMax
card).
>Thanks.
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