By default, when you receive or are on a Skype call, the volume of any other sounds your computer is playing is reduced by up to a 80% (the exact value depends on your preferences). This is not even made by Skype; for the sake of transparency, this is something that windows does, not something that skype does. Windows counts Skype calls as “communication activity” and is configured to reduce the volume of all other sounds by a specified percentage each time it detects communication activity on the system. Thus, every time a Windows user receives a Skype call or is on a, the volume of any other application or game that is running at the same time is significantly reduced.
This can be remedied on the spot simply by turning up the main volume on your computer, but while doing so it will increase the volume of other sounds to an audible degree, will increase the volume of the Skype call to a point where it becomes deafening. in a comfortable place. What's more, in some cases, Windows crashes and simply forgets to turn up the volume for other sounds after turning it down for an incoming call / outgoing Skype, which can be nothing less than aggravating.
However, Fortunately, Windows lowers the volume of other sounds as soon as it detects communication activity, like a skype call, is a function that can be disabled, and this is true for all versions of the Windows operating system that exist. . To prevent Skype from lowering the volume of other sounds, all you have to do is:
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If you are using Windows 7 o Windows 10, Find and right-click on the Sound icon on the taskbar (represented by a Speaker icon). If you are using Windows 8 u 8.1, first switch to desktop mode, then find and right click on the Sound icon on the taskbar.
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Click Sounds in the resulting context menu.
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Navigate to the Communications tab.
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In When Windows Detects Communication Activity: you will find the options that Windows offers for when it detects communication activity, like a skype call. When Windows detects communication activity on a computer, can mute all other sounds, reduce all other computer sounds by 80%, reduce all other sounds by one 50% or do nothing at all. These are the only four options Windows has to offer, and there is no functionality to create your own custom option. Select Do nothing by clicking the radio button next to it.
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Click Apply and then OK.
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Restart your computer.
When the computer boots, just check if the problem has been solved or not. If everything went well, you will find that Windows no longer reduces the volume of the other sounds that are played on the computer (even by a small margin) when it detects communication activity such as a Skype call on the computer. What's more, when performing the above process, ensures that the volume of other sounds playing on your computer is never reduced, regardless of the communication activity that Windows detects, not just Skype calls.
