re: disabling/enabling internal speakers Monday, March 23, 2009 at 6:30 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by John (8 messages posted) Well, no, this is not answering my question. As I said I am trying to disable/enable the internal speakers through software/OS, not through hardware (e.g. plugging in the external speakers/headphone). This is a problem of a faulty hardware, since when I plug in the headphone, sound comes out of both the internal speakers and the headphone. However, this can be resolved through software on Linux. No need for hacking there, I simply have an option to do so in the ALSA mixer interface. See image from Ubuntu: http://prdupl02.ynet.co.il/ForumFiles_2/25926733.JPG It lets me easily pick which options I want: both internal & external, only one of them, none. Unfortunately, there is nothing like this in Windows XP sound control interface, or SoundMax interface. So after searching high and low, i found out that it requires a registry hack. Google for the string 4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318. Yes this is a hack. I am very close to the answer. I need someone who is really an expert in Windows registry to help me to tweak it on my specific hardware (Thinkpad T61, SoundMax card). Thanks. Written in response to: re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (Ricer46: Monday, March 23, 2009 at 6:09 am) Responses to this message: re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (Ricer46: Monday, March 23, 2009 at 12:51 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (Rich Kurtz: Monday, March 23, 2009 at 1:37 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] disabling/enabling internal speakers (John: Sun, Mar 22, 2009, 9:44 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (Ricer46: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 6:09 am) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (John: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 6:30 am) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (Ricer46: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 12:51 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (John: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 1:11 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (MartinM: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 1:57 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (John: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 4:37 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (MartinM: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 6:14 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (John: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 6:48 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (Rich Kurtz: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 1:37 pm) re: disabling/enabling internal speakers (John: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 5:37 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum