Want some more help with your audio settings? Our friendly tech team can help you with one-to-one support on a range of tech issues. You can adjust other outputs - in the example, that's the System Sounds and the output from the Spotifyapp on the right - individually too. This will increase the overall volume of Windows alerts and sounds on all the applications you use. That brings up a window that shows you all the audio outputs from your PC.Ĭlicking on the Speakers slider will adjust the overall default volume and the other outputs will adjust at the same time so that they remain relative to the overall volume. Rather than looking for the physical volume button on your actual speakers, you can increase Windows’ default volume: to bring up the sound mixer, right-click on Speaker icon in the Notification Area (bottom-right of your screen), and then click on Open Volume Mixer. The obvious way to make your computer more audible is to increase its volume. Fortunately, it's easy to adjust the sounds on your Windows computer. Or you're so engrossed in loud music that you missed the doorbell. You know the feeling: you're listening to music or watching a video and suddenly an email alert sounds loudly and drowns out the thing you actually want to hear.
Computer too loud - or too quiet? Here's how to tweak your settings
