Angelina Carlton spake thusly on 03/07/2006 07:34 PM:
Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com> writes:I've always wondered what genius thought that default setting was a good idea......It is indeed a good idea. It can prevent any non desired sound/music/popup-msg to wreak havoc into your speakers, say, when you load a livecd or something. Like owners of instrument amplifiers who like to mute the volume prior to turning it off.I also think its a terrible default. There is little harm in setting it at say 10% of the volume.
Exactly. The first time I came across this I'd just naturally assumed something was *wrong* and spend several hours doing needless tweaking and researching only to find the volume was all the way down. I've never seen this in Windows. I've never seen this on a Radio or TV. It's unheard of, if you ask me.
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