How to Setup Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial for Beginners

Welcome to Windows 10 Tutorials for beginners and today, you are going to learn how to use Windows 10 Sound settings effectively. Sound of computer is very important and you can control it from the sound settings of windows settings. For working of Windows 10 speakers, it needs Soundcard and sound driver installed in your computer. You will Sound driver from the Windows 10 Updates.

Here, you can learn how to choose your output audio device, Audio device properties, How to adjust volume, Input sound device (Microphone) & its properties and Other App volume and device preferences. 

Let us learn Windows 10 audio settings one by one.

What is Windows 10 Sound Settings?

It is main sound control station of Windows 10 OS, which helps to select output and input devices, controlling of sound devices and its properties. It have another ability to control the Windows apps volume individually as per requirements too.  Windows Sound contains System sounds, apps sounds and main master volume. The master volume controls the all Windows 10 sounds output and input devices. But to adjust system sounds and apps sounds, you have do it separately.

For getting Windows sound, your computers should needed Windows soundcard and audio driver. The combination of these two items helps to give output as sound. You get it from Windows store or will get automatically while updating your Windows 10.

How to Decrease or Increase Volume Windows 10 | Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial 1

For increasing or decreasing the volume Windows 10 is very simple to do it. It can directly access it from right corner side of windows taskbar. Click on the sound icon and decrease or increase volume by using your mouse or left/right arrow buttons in your keyboard.

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You can go to Windows 10 Startmenu and click on the “Settings app”.

From the appearing dialogue box, click on the “System tab”. Then, you can see the Windows 10 system settings.

Click on the “Sound settings” from the sidebar and you will see the windows 10 audio settings here.

You can see the sound control like as seen earlier from the taskbar.

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Via Taskbar

You can go to the windows 10 taskbar and right click on the sound icon on it to see the sound menu.

From that, select the “Open Sound Settings” and you will directly access to the Windows 10 audio settings interface.

How to Choose Output Audio Device | Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial 2

This is feature helps to choose output audio devices as Windows speakers or S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface). S/PDIF helps to coinnect with various consumer audio output devices like 5.1 surround spearker system.

First connect your consumer audio output to S/PDIF audio port.

By default, windows 10 spearkers selected here. Click on the down arrow to select required audio  device.

How to Connect Microphone to Windows 10 | Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial 3

Microphone is an input device which helps to record sound using it. Here, you will learn to connect microphone to your computer.

First, connect mic or microphone to audio port.

Then, go to Input section in Windows sound settings and choose the input device.

Test your Microphone

You can test microphone by making sound on it. Youi will see the sound level meter blinking on it.

Note: if you experince any problems, clcik on “Troubleshoot” button and give solution for it.

How to Adjust System Sound and App Sound | Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial 4

Using Windows Sound Settings Tab

In the “Sound Settings tab”, click on the “App volume and device preferences” under the Other Sound Options.

Now, you can see the “App volume and device prefernces” dialogue box. 

Here, you see the master volume, system sound and app sound.

For changing the system sound, increase or decrease the system sound meter using mouse or your right/left arrow in keyboard.

You have do the same thing on adjusting app sound too. Th apps sound is only applicable when an app is opened condtion.

Using Windows Taskbar

Go to windows 10 taskbar and use right mouse button to openthe sound menu from sound icon. And click on the “open sound mixer” to access the sound mixer. Here you can change the system sound and required app sound too.

Windows 10 Speaker Properties | Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial 5

How to access Speaker Properties

To access the speaker properties, you have to go to the sound settings and click on the “device properties”. It will open the “Speaker properties” dialogue box.

Here you can see 5 sub tabs for the speaker properties dialogue box.

General

It contains the speakers icon, controller information & their propeties, jack information and enable or disbale device option. Here, you can change the speakers displayed icon by using the change icon option also.

For disabling the currently used speaker, just select “don’t use the device (disable)” by clicking on the down arrow.

Levels

It is audio level of the speaker system and increse by dragging the button right or to left for decrease.

Click on the “Balance” option to control the left side and right side speakers sound sepeartely.

Enhancements

You have certain enhancemenst or audio effects imporving features available in here. You can use it any of these to apply to your speakers system. The enhnacemenst provided are bass boost, Virtual surround, room correction and loudness equliazation. You can enable it by giving tick on their side box.

If you messed up with any settings, don’t worry about it. And click on “Restore Defaults” button to reset to default windows settings.

Advanced

Here, you can select the sample rate and bit depth whilke running in the shared mode. Select quality of audio format and use the “Test” button to test it with your speaker system.

Spatial Sound

This is new feature which helps to select the Spatial sound format such as Windows sonic for headphones and Dolby Atoms for headphones. You can also turn on 7.1 virtual surround sound option to enahance the audio while using it with headphones. For setting up the Dolby Atmos option, you need solid internet connection.

Windows 10 Sound Control Panel | Windows 10 Sound Settings Tutorial

Sound control panle is another important part of Windows audio settings which controls the playback, recording, System Sound scheme and Communications. Sound scheme is depends on your windows theme and which enables new system and apps sound schemes. Communication tab helps to minimize the system sound while making phone calls or receving it via your PC.

How to Access Sound Control Panel

Using Windows taskbar

Use the right mouse button on sound icon in the windows taskbar. From the appearing menu, select “Sound” option and you can see the sound control panel.

Using Windows 10 Sound Settings

Click on the “Sound control panel” in the sound setting UI.

How to Configure Playback Speaker in Windows 10

From the Sound control panel, clcik on the “playback tab”.

You can see list of enabled audio devices in it. The audi device with side meter indicates its default device and sound meter will vary while playing any music.

Then, click on the “configure” option.

You can see the Speaker setup dialogue box. Here you can select the Audio cahnnels as “stereo”. You can run a test to checak on your current speaker system, by clicking on the “Test” button.

Click on “Next” move to the “Select full range speakers” box. Select the requoired speaker and sound of each speaker can test by clicking on the speaker icon.

Again click “next” to “finish” to complete speaker configuration.

How to Configure a Microphone for Sound Recording in Windows 10

In the sound control panel, clcik on the “recording tab” to see the enabled microphone list.

Click on the “Configure” button and it direct to “Speech Recogontion” dialogue box in Windows 10 control panel.

Select “setup microphone” option and dircet to Microphone setup wizard.

You can see 3 microphone options; Heaset microphone, Desktop microphone and other microphones. 

Here,  I am using the Philips headset microphone and select it and click on “Next”.

It direct to page with proper placement and set up your headset microphone. Click “Next” button.

Next page you can see sentence which is shown in the above image. Just read it slowly. Make sure your voice level should reach the green colored indication for getting proper microphone sound setup.

After reading it, click on “Next” button.

If you read it by the above requirements the configuraing of microphone is finshed. Click on “finish” button.

Otherwise, it will show that your microphone is Muted. Please check your microphone sound.

I hope you could understand how to use Windows 10 sound settings for adjsuting sound, connceting S/PDIF and microphone, configure speakers system and microphone.

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How to Change Screen Resolution Windows 10

Welcome to Windows 10 tutorials for beginners and today, you are going to learn to change screen resolution Windows 10. Screen resolution is an important factor which helps to control the quality of display settings and screen size. Here, you can see step by step windows 10 tutorial for changing resolution of the windows 10 screen using both windows 10 display setting and from context menu.

Let us see step by step tutorial to change screen resolution Windows 10.

What is Screen Resolution?

Screen resolution is related display settings and it helps to get clarity to letters, text, videos or pictures displayed in a screen. It is measured in pixels. Higher the resolution means it have more clarity and high pixel ratio. For lower resolution means, display have lower pixel ratio and low quality display.

How to Change Screen Resolution Windows 10 using Settings App

Step 1

Click on Windows 10 StartMenu and select Windows 10 Settings app from it.

Step 2

Open the Settings app by clicking on it. You can see the Windows settings user interface.

Select the “System” tab from the settings UI. It opens with system settings dialogue box.

Select “Display” from the sidebar and you can see the display option here. You can see the “Resolution” under the Scale and Layout heading.

Click on the down arrow button to see various screen resolution pixel measures. It varies from 1366 x 768 pixels (high screen resolution) to 800 x 600 pixels (low screen resolution).

Select required screen resolution as per your need. Then a quick dialogue box will appear like ass shown below.

Click on the “Keep changes”. If you want cancel the selection “Revert”. This is one of the way to change screen resolution windows 10.

How to Change Screen Resolution Windows 10 using Context menu

There is another method to change screen resolution Windows 10, it is using Context menu from Desktop.

Go to Desktop and click right mouse button in the empty space of desktop. From the appearing Drop-down menu, select “Display Settings”.

It is directing the same Display settings app as shown above. You can change screen resolution Windows 10 by following the same step.

I hope you could get the idea for change screen resolution Windows 10 using Settings app and context menu. By changing the screen resolution, you are changing the csreen size, app icon size and text size too. If you are reducing the screen resolution, you will get lower quality display, which will improve your computer performance.

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Misleanenous Windows 10 Display Settings Tutorials

How to Change Screen Brightness in Windows 10

In the system tab, you can see the “brightness and color” heading.  In the “change brightness” section, you have click and hold button using mouse pointer and drag left or right to adjust the brightness.

You can also use the keyboard left and right arrow button after selecting on the button to adjust the bright ness in windows 10.

How to Enable Night Mode in Windows 10

In the system tab, you see the “Night mode” under the “display settings” section. Normally it would be in “Off” condition. Click on it to “Turn on” to enable the Night mode feature in Win10. It would be very helpful will reading PDF or books in your PC.  

You can go to “Night light settings” to adjust the color temperature, schedule night mode for turning on automatically and immediate activation of Night light mode.

This is all you have to know in the Windows 10 display settings. If you have any doubts feel free to ask and also need help in new Windows 10 tutorials. You can contact through the contact box or comment box.

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How to Add or Change Profile Photo in Windows 10 PC

Windows 10 is latest operating system from Microsoft, which is very simple and user-friendly than previous versions. The most of windows 10 main apps like cortana, calendar, mail, skype etc works with Microsoft account. This windows 10 tutorial, I am going show how to add a profile picture in your account. Here shows two methods to add profile photo in your pc account. One is using start menu and other is via, settings option.

Note: This Windows 10 tutorials is completely for beginner level people.

How to Add or Change Profile Photo in Windows 10

I think you know how to sign in to your windows 10 pc account. If you don’t know it, Read how to create Microsoft account tutorial now.

After signing in, you can see the windows 10 pc desktop. Click on the start menu button. You can locate the start menu button at the bottom left corner is shown below.

Click on the top option in startmenu showing your computer name and then you can see the drag drop menu. Then click on the “Change account Settings” as shown in the figure below.

 The change account settings option will redirect to account settings page of your windows 10 pc which is also shown below.

Select the “Your account” section. Here you can see the “Your Picture” section.

If you have photo in your harddisk, click on the “Browse” button. Then you can see the dialogue box, from that select the photo file (.jpeg or .png format) as you wish to add to as profile picture. If you don’t have a picture, you can create one using webcam.

Then click “Choose Picture”. The new picture is added to your windows 10 pc.

Or

Click start menu button and select the “Settings” option. Then you can see the settings dialogue box.

Select the “Accounts” option from it. Then you can see the change picture option the your account subsection. This is just an alternate way to access the account section via, settings page.

Overall, Windows 10 tutorial is very simple and I tried to include maximum images with marked portions. If you have any doubt or confusion related to this tutorial, feel free to ask me via comment form. Thank you friends.

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