Sound mutes and unmutes itself


  1. blackroseMD1
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    Sound mutes and unmutes itself


    OK, so I've been having this problem for about a week now, and it's getting worse.

    Randomly, my sound will mute/unmute itself, sometimes several times in a row. I'm using my onboard Realtek HD Audio with the newest drivers. . I was thinking it may have something to do with my Microsoft multimedia keyboard/mouse combo, so I uninstalled Intellitype 7.0, but the problem still persists.

    Also, I've noticed that when I test the sound on my 5.1 speakers, the sounds come out of the wrong speakers (Subwoofer sound comes out of center speaker etc.).

    Any ideas?
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  3. not so gray matter
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    This may sound stupid, but if your sub-woofer sound is coming out of your central speaker, are you certain you have all of the 3.5mm plugs in the correct slots?
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  4. blackroseMD1
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    notsograymatter said:
    This may sound stupid, but if your sub-woofer sound is coming out of your central speaker, are you certain you have all of the 3.5mm plugs in the correct slots?
    Yeah, that was actually the first thing I checked...all the plugs are plugged in correctly on the back side of the subwoofer as well.
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  6. GixxerGirl
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    Did you resolve your issue? My issue is similar but started out slowly and only today has made the system unusable. Actually, it started out only being the mute 1x a day, then more frequently, and now some .dll file is attempting to open itself every 5 seconds or so. It started out opening Windows Media Player (my default player) so I disabled the player and now I get the "Caution, You are attempting to open a file of type 'Application extension' (.dll)..."

    I have run several virus and spyware checks and my system has been clean. I have no idea where to go from there. I have read several forums and tried many suggestions aside from reflashing the hard drive and reinstalling windows.

    Has anyone has any luck solving this??
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  7. blackroseMD1
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    For me, it turned out to be my wireless keyboard going haywire. Have you tried using MalwareBytes to do a boot scan?
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  8. karlsnooks
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    GixxerGirl said:
    Did you resolve your issue? My issue is similar but started out slowly and only today has made the system unusable. Actually, it started out only being the mute 1x a day, then more frequently, and now some .dll file is attempting to open itself every 5 seconds or so. It started out opening Windows Media Player (my default player) so I disabled the player and now I get the "Caution, You are attempting to open a file of type 'Application extension' (.dll)..."

    I have run several virus and spyware checks and my system has been clean. I have no idea where to go from there. I have read several forums and tried many suggestions aside from reflashing the hard drive and reinstalling windows.

    Has anyone has any luck solving this??
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