My dad just got new speakers and my sister likes to push them to maximum volume and basically destroy them. He's asked me if there's anyway I can force the software to not let her listen to her music at such volumes. She does not have administrative privileges, so is there a way to allow her to turn the volume up and down, but max it out at a certain volume?
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Yes, it appears that there is a program that can do this for you. It is called, quite appropriately, Volume Lock. It is trialware with a 14 day trial period. It says that it has a password function, so try it out!
In Control Panel > Sound > Speakers > Properties > Levels > Balance
the L and R channels can be reduced, which creates a volume cap. However, this solution relies upon this "trick" remaining undiscovered...
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1This doesn't address the need to lock out the volume. Security through obscurity is not wise.– Josh KMar 4, 2010 at 4:46
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1@Josh K But why the downvote? I clearly pointed out this problem in the answer... (Also, it should really be possible to undo accidental comment upvotes caused by a dodgy laptop mousepad.)– sblairMar 4, 2010 at 9:00
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