If you have Windows 7 or later, you may have encountered odd behavior in your Windows experience. If you’re running a program that uses sound on Windows 7, you may have noticed that the volume of your sound is automatically reduced when you run certain programs, such as Skype or games with audio chat channels. As frustrating as this is, fortunately, it is easy to fix.
Use our below steps to get started:
- Launch the Control Panel or Settings (depending on your Windows version) and go to the Sound configuration dialog.
In the Sound configuration window, click on the “Communications” tab. This is the location where this automatic reduction feature is configured.
- Click ‘OK to finish. It may be wise to restart your computer once this setting is changed.
- The option to “Reduce the volume of other sounds by 80%” is selected by default. Change this to “Do nothing”.
- Click ‘OK to finish. It may be wise to restart your computer once this setting is changed.
