Policy

Prevent changing DirectSound Audio setting

Prevents user from changing the DirectSound audio setting. DirectSound provides much better audio quality, but older audio hardware may not support it.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / NetMeeting / Audio & Video
Policy ID 2175069045bb
Internal name PreventChangeDirectSound

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Conferencing\NoChangeDirectSound (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Conferencing\NoChangeDirectSound (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevents user from changing the DirectSound audio setting. DirectSound provides much better audio quality, but older audio hardware may not support it.

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