Hi Mike. In Windows 8.1 you can still activate the Run command by pressing the Windows key and R simultaneously; at least it works that way on my system. From: Skypeenglish [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Bernard via Skypeenglish Sent: 31 January 2015 02:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Skypeenglish] how to stop skype or windows from automatically turnning down system volume Hi everyone, When you’re listening to either live streaming and/or a winamp or any other playlist of music, and skype rings, have you ever noticed how the volume of both your screen reader and the music are automatically turned down? While I can understand that this may be made to happen to allow you to hear your skype call more easily, sometimes it can be down right annoying. I checked on the skype community page, and someone suggested that Windows itself is actually causing this to happen, not skype, and to stop this from happening you had to do the following: 1. Open the Run Command 2. Enter or Type mmsys.cpl 3. Click the Communications tab 4. Select Do Nothing 5. Save. This will work fine if you have either vista or windows 7, but I have windows 8.1, and therefore, my start menu is setup quite differently than the one that comes with the lower versions of windows. As a result, unlike the vista or windows 7 start menu, in the windows 8.1 start menu, I don’t have a run dialog. If I type run into the start menu, I get lots of results that have the word run in them, but none of them pertain to anything that’s even close to what would be the run dialog. For any of you who have windows 8.1, have you ever delt with this? And is there a way to stop skype/and/or windows from turnning down the volume when a skype call comes in? Thanks. Mike Rochester, NY.
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