Friday, October 21, 2022 – 5 reasons why I never buy expensive phones – Do this to prevent your Facebook account from getting cloned

Q&A: How do disable the speakers on my Windows laptop?

Question from Tammy:  I have a laptop with Windows 11 on it.

I frequently use this laptop at a desk in our bedroom while my husband is sleeping (we work different shifts) and the sounds from auto-playing videos and other miscellaneous things are constantly waking him up.

I know I can mute the speaker volume and disable auto-playing videos, but sometimes I forget to do it and an unexpected noise will end up waking him up anyway.

I only use this laptop for reading blogs and Facebooking so I’d like to just completely disable the speakers on it. How do I do that?

Rick’s answer:  Tammy, you can easily disable the speakers on your laptop using Windows’ Device Manager tool. Here’s how:

1 – Click the Start button to display the Start menu.

2 – Type the word device and select Device Manager from the list of search results.

3 – Click the arrow beside Audio inputs and outputs to expand that branch of the device tree.

4 – Right-click on every indented item that appeared after you clicked the arrow and select Disable device.

5 – Scroll down and click the arrow beside Sound, video and game controllers to expand that branch of the device tree.

6 – Right-click on every indented audio-related item that appeared after you clicked the arrow and select Disable device.

7 – Click the X in the top-right corner of the window to close the Device Manager.

That’s all there is to it. You should no longer hear any sounds coming out of your laptop’s speakers.

If you ever want to start using the speakers again, simply repeat the steps above and re-enable everything you disabled the first time around.

The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…

• 5 reasons why I never buy expensive phones

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If you’re looking for an inexpensive set of great sounding wireless earbuds, give these little jewels a try.

I’ve been using mine for several months now, and I love them.

Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…

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This video in a real eye-opener.

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