As I have a del d630 laptop, unfortunately the "death" key is right next to the "power' button. Now isn't that nice! *sighs deeply* Volume buttons are in the same row where the power and mute buttons are, far left hand corner above the keyboard.
On 12/5/2008 5:56 AM, dark wrote: > Thankfully, most of the keyboards I've seen have had obviously placed > mute keys as well, ---- and my laptop, you actually have to push the > volume slider in to mute. > > A far more serious problem I've had is when something like Windows > media player decides to randomly mute the computer for no readily > apparent reason. > > Luckily, I can see enough to know when windows are open, and so am now > quite adept at unchecking the mute check box without any assistance > from Hal, ---- but hellish problems can ensue if I get the causes of > the trouble mixed up, and accidently activate one thing while trying > to deactivate another. > > I remember a very nasty experience which involved me in the end > phoning dolpin, and going through everything from altering the > settings of my surround sound system (not fun, sinse other than seeing > whether it's turn on or not I've got no clue as to what's happening > with it), to mucking about with physical speaker leads, to checking > and unchecking the mute check box, to the mute key on my keyboard. > > It was finally the surround sound system settings which had suffered a > wrong button pressing from me, but to work that out I had to plug a Cd > player into the system, play with the settings until I could here > that, plug my headphones into my Pc, play with the mute button and > volume settings until I could here that, then! reconnect five speakers! > > needless to say, I've been very careful with the surround sound system > settings sinse then. > > Beware the Grue! (which is only slightly more scary than the death key). > > Dark. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
