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apparently microsoft reads my blog. remember when i was bitching about the system update breaking volume mixer? heh. well they read that. and they figgit. it works again. yay! now i don have to worry about stupid ads auto-talking at me over my music. sheehs. thanks bill. lotta other folks noticed the problem too. some had some pretty stupid suggestions. secure in their infallibility. most blamed google. cause it was most notable in browsers. so obviously it's google's fault.