When you open Volume Mixer in Windows Vista, the volume slider may appear with a black background.

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This problem occurs because, under certain rare conditions, Volume Mixer may not redraw the background correctly. This problem is most likely to occur when other CPU-intensive programs are running.

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To work around this problem, slide the volume slider up or down to update the screen.

Note This problem may reoccur the next time that you open Volume Mixer.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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