Setting The Computer Volume; Setting The Volume From The Desktop; Setting The Volume From Control Panel - Lenovo ThinkCentre M53 User Manual

To enable the Wake on LAN function or the Wake Up on Alarm function on the Windows 8.1 operating
system, do the following:
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click Hardware and Sound ➙ Power Options.
3. In the left panel, click Choose what the power button does.
4. In the Shutdown setting section, clear Turn on fast startup.
Note: If the settings are unavailable, click Change settings that are currently unavailable.
5. Click Save changes.

Setting the computer volume

An audio controller is built into the computer system board to support the audio connectors on your
computer. See "Audio features" on page 8.
This section provides instructions on how to set the computer volume from the desktop and Control Panel.

Setting the volume from the desktop

To set the computer volume from the desktop, do the following:
1. Click the volume icon on the taskbar. You can locate the taskbar at the bottom-right corner of the
desktop.
2. Move the slider up to increase or down to decrease the volume. Click the mute-speaker icon to turn off
the audio.
If the volume icon is not on the taskbar, add the volume icon to the taskbar. To add the volume icon,
do the following:
• For Windows 7:
1. From the Windows desktop, click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ Appearance and Personalization.
2. In the Taskbar and Start Menu section, click Customize icons on the taskbar.
3. Click Turn system icons on or off and change the volume behaviors from Off to On.
4. Click OK to save the new settings.
• For Windows 8.1:
1. Open Control Panel, and click Appearance and Personalization.
Note: For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see "Accessing
Control Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system" on page 21.
2. In the Taskbar and Navigation section, click Customize icons on the taskbar.
3. Click Turn system icons on or off and change the volume behavior from Off to On.
4. Click OK to save the new settings.

Setting the volume from Control Panel

To set the computer volume from Control Panel, do the following:
1. On the Windows 7 operating system, click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ Hardware and Sound. On the
Windows 8.1 operating system, open Control Panel and click Hardware and Sound.
Note: For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see "Accessing Control
Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system" on page 21.
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