Using two soundcards

[BigAl]

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Hi,
I have onboard sound and a usb soundcard. I want to set
the USB soundcard as the default device when I use one
account (the account i have all my music creation apps and
files installed under), but I want to have my onboard
sound set as the default device for all other accounts.
This is because the usb card is also connected to powered
monitor speakers and a huge mixing desk, and it annoys my
girlfriend to have all this humming away when she wants to
use the pc to listen to a cd etc...

 

[dl]

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I think if you try to use on board sound and a card at the same time you may
well have conflicts, as it is usually recommended to disable on board sound
in the bios, when installing a sound card.
Allthough you 'may' be able to do this via hardware profiles.

"BigAl" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:440801c4a621$1823fdc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I have onboard sound and a usb soundcard. I want to set
> the USB soundcard as the default device when I use one
> account (the account i have all my music creation apps and
> files installed under), but I want to have my onboard
> sound set as the default device for all other accounts.
> This is because the usb card is also connected to powered
> monitor speakers and a huge mixing desk, and it annoys my
> girlfriend to have all this humming away when she wants to
> use the pc to listen to a cd etc...