I already stated I am not willing to drop volume functions
Strangely, this forum never emailed me about any of your responses -- or I would have cut you off. I think I found the solution on my own!
I looked into my hidden system tray icons and removed some volume mixer that came with my motherboard, and set it to not start with windows. I falsely assumed that it's a good idea to run the software that comes with my hardware. HAHA!
Since then, so far, the volume has not lowered. I won't believe it until I go a few weeks, but, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!!!
