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Why plugging headphone in Vista might not just work

Normal users might just think that plugging in the Headset to the machine running Vista will allow them to use it but that’s not the case vista. I received a bluetooth headset along with my dell studio 15 laptop which I was excited to use. I connected it via bluetooth. What came to my surprise was that the speakers were still working. and there was no sound in headphone except that I can control the music player.

After breaking my head for half an hour finally I found what was wrong. in windows Vista when you connect the headphones it doesnt switch. The user has to go and select the device which is listed in Sound Settings. Unless you do it, vista keeps on using the older one.

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So just select the one which you want to use as default device and start using it. I hope in case you have the same problem you dont waste another half an hour for this.

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Posted on 6th September 2008 by Ashish Mohta , A tech blogger who writes about solving day to day problems of people who use computer. He also writes on How to use the applications like Office, PC tips, Online tools,Browsers and more. All posts by Ashish Mohta | Connect with me @ Twitter | Linkedin | Facebook | Stumble | Need more help? Ask your Questions at our Support Center

2 Comments »

  • Gila said:

    OK I do the same thing and the second sound card doesn’t show up in the list.

  • Ashish Mohta (author) said:

    @Gila What do you exactly mean the second sound card ? There can be only one ?

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