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I've bought a new laptop a few days ago. I repled the standard hardrive with an ssd and intalled windows 7 home premium 64 bit. Everything works fine. There is one problem: when you press the volume keys the volume goes down. But I want like most computers with oem software in the center of the screen a volume bar that count's form 1 to 10. Are there any free solutions for this? I've already searched hp.com and google, but couldn't find anything. Because I don't know what such a thing is called. Thanks for your help.

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Short summary and practical next steps for future readers: on a Pavilion g6-1220sd a clean Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit install after swapping to an SSD can leave the volume keys functional but without the OEM on-screen volume bar. That usually happens because the small HP hotkey/quick-launch/OSD component that draws the overlay wasn't installed with the fresh OS. was right to point at the vendor drivers, and later reported a third‑party volume‑OSD solved his case.

Try this, in order:

  • Check Device Manager for any unknown devices or missing drivers (Keyboard, Human Interface Devices, and Sound). Install the correct 64-bit drivers and utilities for your exact Pavilion g6 model from HP's support page.
  • Look specifically for the OEM hotkey/quick-launch or system-event utility on the support page and install it. That package is what usually provides the on-screen overlay.
  • Verify BIOS/UEFI action-key behavior (some HP models let you swap Fn behavior). If function keys behave differently, toggle the action-key mode setting and retest.
  • If HP doesn’t supply a compatible OSD for your OS, use a reputable third‑party volume‑OSD application as a fallback and set it to run at startup. Only download from trusted sources and choose the correct 32/64-bit build.
  • Reboot after installs and test the Fn/volume keys again.

Notes and cautions: prefer signed OEM drivers when available; avoid installing drivers meant for a different OS or architecture. This thread is from 2012, so if you are on a newer Windows version the OEM OSD behavior or available downloads may differ — in that case a lightweight third‑party OSD or updated OEM utilities are the usual solutions.

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did you dowmload drivers for the laptop from hp ,or just use the ones in win7 or is it the hp recovery that you used ,anyway you may need either the sound or keyboard driver to get that function on the desktop .

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