Try going into your system tray and see if the volume is there. If it is,
press enter and open volume and then arrow up and down to adjust volume.
Barb K1EIR
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Touchpad Disable Issue Resolved
Are you sure that rocker is supposed to control the volume? usually it's the
fn key with arrow keys, page up and down keys, or something like that. I
have an old dell laptop in the sun room I use for field day and ham radio
displays here and there, I'm not sure how to control the volume on that but
I think it's FN plus arrow keys though that's an old windows 2000 machine.
If it was sitting in front of me now I'm sure I could do it but I haven't
run that in a while, I probably should go out there and fire it up one of
these days, it hasn't been out since last field day.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:18 AM
Subject: Touchpad Disable Issue Resolved
> Hi, all.
>
> Here's an update on my newly-acquired Dell Lattitude D600 laptop.
>
> First, I have successfully turned off the touch pad mouse. It took the
> XYL's sighted assistance to get into the bios, but we ultimately were
> successful. If needed, I can still use an external USB mouse, which is a
> relief as well.
>
> I do have one more dilemma I'm wrestling with, so any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Specifically, I am unable to control the volume of the laptop speakers via
> the little rocker switch that is right below the monitor and above the
> main
> keyboard.
>
> I can control the volume by using the control key plus page up or page
> down,
> but it's a bit clumsy.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions for re-activating the main laptop volume
> control, I'd appreciate them.
>
> On the positive side, Jaws installed very easily onto the laptop, and
> responds very well to various key commands, so I am making progress.
>
> My next task is to start installing the various ham-related programs that
> I
> typically use, including rig interface, and the N3FJP logging software.
>
> Thanks again, everyone, and Happy New Year!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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