Sound Bar Problem

[ipyro24]

Every time windows makes a sound (not the internet or windows media player) the sound bar comes up. I don't know the proper name for what comes up but its the volume bar like on a TV. The same bar comes up when I hit the "vol. +" button.

It is starting to get annoying because it is always popping up.

 

[Lemur]

Do you have volume buttons on the monitor?

Did you recently install any applications that use sound?

Think back to when this first happened. Anything installed?

I guess you could scan for malware with malwarebytes.

 

[ipyro24]

I just did a clean install on my brand new laptop, its the same bar that comes up when I use the vol. buttons. It started after I installed the software / driver that enables the buttons. I also noticed that the screne brightness buttons don't work, they bring up a brightness bar but cant lower it. The only way to adjust brightness is through the Mobility center.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[Lemur]

What if Mobility Center is your problem?

 

[ipyro24]

How can I diagnos which app is the culprit?

 

[Aphelion]

Does Mobility Center have a graphic interface?
If so, there may be an option to stop the volume bar from being visible.

If it's not mobility center it's most likely a small application installed by the button drivers.

It's either a "service" or is part of the run/startup section of the registry, you can run msconfig and check the "startup" and "service" tabs.

Ap