Trouble with Headphones and speakers Windows 7

Whenever I am in a voice call using skype, the sound from other programs ex. Google Crhome iTunes ect. will play out of my speakers, I tried disabling my speakers but then the sound did not play at all. How can I get sound to play out of my headphones and my headphones only? I am running Windows 7 64-bit on an HP pavilion g7.

Hello gibsok,
You’re having a problem with sound coming from speaker and headphones at the same time.
You can reset BIOS defaults. This will correct the problem with the hardware and software working together.
Turn off the computer.
As you turn it back on tap the F10 key. This will load BIOS setup utility.
Press F9 to load defaults
Press F10 to save and exit.
When the computer boots back up, check to see if everything is working.
You can uninstall the audio driver and reinstall.
You might need to completely reinstall 7.
On the other unit that you updated to windows 7 was it also running XP?
Here is a link that fixes common audio problems.
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Let me know how everything goes.
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Snagglepus,The forums are intended for the Community to assist each other, rather than Creative directly. We have Technical Support available by phone and e-mail that can assist anyone that wants help from a Creative technician.
Switching files from different OS's wouldn't be supported by Creative (or Microsoft, normally), but if someone from the community has tried this they may be able to advise if it worked for them. Perhaps give it a little more time for people to reply, the forums are new.
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
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NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.5.0 - ProductionEdited by: user3636719 on Oct 6, 2011 5:23 PM

user3636719 wrote:
Thanks for the reply...
Old EXP IMP doesnt have capability to append the row, since you're using 10g use datapump instead. use option TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION=APPENDso my import should be like this
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