cannot set headphone as default playback

Thanks for looking. I had already loaded the driver from IDT web site, and also let W7 find one. In the end I sort of worked out a solution, which was to disable in Msconf in both the service and startup task supplied by IDT. This allows Windows to do the management and works OK now. My guess is that with both IDT and W7 simultaneously providing facilities to set defaults in control panel, neither of them won. Chances are one of the Windows updates didn't work properly.
I hope a more elegant solution will emerge later!

peepsie2 said:

Thanks for looking. I had already loaded the driver from IDT web site, and also let W7 find one. In the end I sort of worked out a solution, which was to disable in Msconf in both the service and startup task supplied by IDT. This allows Windows to do the management and works OK now. My guess is that with both IDT and W7 simultaneously providing facilities to set defaults in control panel, neither of them won. Chances are one of the Windows updates didn't work properly.
I hope a more elegant solution will emerge later!

I've been battling with this issue, it was very annoying. I followed this advice and removed IDT PC Audio from startup in msconfig and set the Audio Service to manual. So far this seems to have fixed it (also using the Windows provided driver instead of Dell's driver). I'll reply if further problems crop up.

I have almost the same problem. With me, my headphones work with pretty much everything, until I start up Skype. Then the sound goes through the speakers, and even when I close Skype I still have to reboot the computer to get my sound to go through my headphones again. I looked in my sound settings, and found that my regular speakers are the default communication speakers. I need to know how to set it up so that my headphones default for everything, but when I unplug them, my regular speakers still work.

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IS THERE ANYBODY AT THIS FORUM.. WHO KNOWS ABOUT COMPUTERS LOLXX.. SOLVE OUR PROBLEM PLZ.

I HAVE SAME PROBLEM>

so pretty much i took logic and threw it out the window.... go to playback devices and disable your headset by right-clicking. Now all sound should go through your headset. Moral of the day is **** Logic :)

chris1and2 said:

so pretty much i took logic and threw it out the window.... go to playback devices and disable your headset by right-clicking. Now all sound should go through your headset. Moral of the day is **** Logic :)

Thank you!! Holy S***! It make absolutely no sense at all, but this works! You sir, deserve a cookie.

ROFL! chris1and2, I love you. I would have NEVER thought of that on my own. Reinstalling drivers was the first thing I did, and after messing around with other audio settings and internal workings of my computer I decided to google, and you are my savior. Thanks! You're pretty damn amazing

Disable the communications headphones on your laptop... Wow, I tried everything I could think of except that