How to stop websites from un-muting speakers?

[IronWing]

I'm blessed with IE 9 at work. Some news sites run videos automatically on page load and when the videos run, my speakers automatically un-mute. I do not like this, at all. Accepting that I'm stuck with IE 9, is there a setting to tell IE to ignore any un-mute directions from the browser?

 

[Markbnj]

I've never had a website unmute my speakers.

 

[gorcorps]

example? I've never seen this

I've seen websites autoplay music, but if you have your speakers truly on mute I don't see how that could change anything.

 

[kranky]

Try going to your speaker Properties - Advanced - uncheck Allow Applications to take exclusive control of this Device - reboot.

 

[IronWing]

Try going to your speaker Properties - Advanced - uncheck Allow Applications to take exclusive control of this Device - reboot.

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

 

[Newell Steamer]

1) Maintain frame.
2) Get your piece out.
3) Flip the safety off. Sorry, I thought I was talking to a woman.
3) Point your piece at the PC.
4) If it doesn't stop assaulting you, shoot it.

 

[IronWing]

Try going to your speaker Properties - Advanced - uncheck Allow Applications to take exclusive control of this Device - reboot.

That worked, thanks again!.

Here is one site that triggered the un-muting.

 

[Markbnj]

That worked, thanks again!.

Here is one site that triggered the un-muting.

I muted my speakers, hit that site, and it was not able to unmute them. Checked properties for the speakers and "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" is enabled for all my sound devices.

Edit: oh wait, I'm on Chrome, never mind. It all makes sense now. Just tested IE11 with the same result, so they must have changed this.

 

[IronWing]

I muted my speakers, hit that site, and it was not able to unmute them. Checked properties for the speakers and "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" is enabled for all my sound devices.

Can't explain it, it just is was.

 

[gorcorps]

I muted my speakers, hit that site, and it was not able to unmute them. Checked properties for the speakers and "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" is enabled for all my sound devices.

Edit: oh wait, I'm on Chrome, never mind. It all makes sense now. Just tested IE11 with the same result, so they must have changed this.

Yeah must have been fixed. I've never seen that issue but we left IE9 in the dust a while ago.

 

[kranky]

That worked, thanks again!

Holy crap, I got one right.