Windows XP – How to Turn Volume Off When Locking Screen

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I'm working as software developer in a rather loud room with lots of distractions, that's why I've got my headphones on most of the time. However, whenever I leave for a meeting or lunch or whatever, I usually forget to turn the music off, so that my colleagues are rather annoyed by the hissing sound from my headphones.

What I thought about was this: turn the volume off on screen lock and back on when unlocked. How does one do that on a Windows XP box?

Best Answer

Try MonitorES. You can find more information about this little app on Lifehacker:

Tiny, portable utility MonitorES not only turns off the monitor when you lock your PC, it also pauses almost any media player and even sets your Google and Yahoo IM status to away. We've written about this utility before, but since then it has updated with support for nearly any media player, added support for Yahoo Messenger, and you can now use it to simply pause your media with the Pause key. As before, you simply need to launch the utility, set the options, and the next time you lock your workstation your monitor will turn off, and your media will pause.

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