For reasons that have always been unclear, Windows does not include standard keyboard shortcuts for turning the volume up or down. Sure, most laptops have volume buttons on their keyboards, and some ...

One of the things that bugs me about OS X is that the volume adjustments made via the keyboard-based volume keys move in steps that are too large. Invariably, I’ll move the volume down a notch, and it ...

Q. Because of a virus, I had to reformat my hard drive. Rather than start with my Hewlett Packard Windows 95 restore disk, I went right to a full second edition of Windows 98. Now, the volume control ...