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Is it possible to change the name of the speaker/microphone on windows XP?
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Mar 15, 20267322 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I am currently developing some software and am working with an audio related API which has an odd quirk, if a microphone and speaker have exactly the same name, the API fails to load them properly. In the case of my testing machine, they are both named "IDT Audio1", after the sound card. I realize …
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HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1960408961-448539723-299502267-1003\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Sound Mapper
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Fix for: Is it possible to change the name of the speaker/microphone on windows XP?
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You also can edit the name of the device in the driver itself. This will make it not certified, but that's optional in Windows XP. You'll need to uninstall the driver for this to work. You'll need to find the INF file for the driver in question. You…
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