Windows 7 Volume Mixer keeps changing my volume levels...

Robby91

I've been having a lot of difficulty lately with the Windows Volume Mixer - for some reason, it keeps modifying the volume level for TeamSpeak 3 to about 10% (when I normally have it at 100%) when I start a number of different games - namely Saints Row 2 and the Synergy mod for HL2 which is becoming a real pain in the arse (having to alt-tab out of the games everytime I'm on TeamSpeak is annoying, at times). Also, a similar issue occurs with Dawn of War II where the volume level is bumped up to 100% and, considering that I typically have the volume level at 50%, it's very irritating on my ears :P

Is there any way I can stop Windows from messing with the settings, or am I stuck with it?

Odaise Gaelach

I would be more inclined to believe that a third-party application is changing the volume, not Windows.

Next time, try changing the volume levels in the games rather than the Windows volume mixer.

ob1coyote

This came up 3rd in my google search results. So that other might find the CORRECT answer, I'm inclined to link to it here.
http://superuser.com/questions/74116/windows-7-lowers-applications-volume-automatically