Windows 10: Sound on system mutes itself after 20 seconds of non-sound activity on computer

I have had PC's since Windows 98 has been out. I have actively been a member of an online karaoke community since Windows XP was out, where your sound settings needed to be set up a specific way to sing live in a chat room, so I know my way around sound settings. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out if this is a sound driver issue or an issue in Windows 11, because I have never seen it before.I've had my new Windows 11 system just under a month, and there is a nagging problem with the sound. It mutes itself if there is no sound activity being generated by the computer for 20 seconds.

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Keeping system sound muted forever?

I have Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 laptop running 64 bit windows 10 version 21H2 (Build 19044.1706).I like to keep the system sounds (not the media, music, etc. sound) always muted using the mute button. However, whenever I reboot my laptop, the sound automatically comes back to a medium level.How can I keep the system volume always muted?

 

Windows 10 Volume Mixer fails to keep System Sounds muted over Remote Desktop Connection

The problem:

after having muted the System Sounds on the remote desktop machine, it shall unmute itself after several seconds. This pattern is persistent.

The physical setting:

I use my laptop at work, and use Remote Desktop Connection to access my desktop machine left in my apartment.

The software setting:

I have enabled Remote audio through the Remote Desktop Connection, and chose Remote audio playback --> Play on this computer. Thus, I get audio streaming on my laptop at work.

My attempt:

I have tried to find a way to mute System Volumes through a shortcut, and the following pages appears to be helpful:

1. HowToGeek suggested to create a shortcut with the following executable command:
   
   “C:\Path\To\nircmd.exe” mutesysvolume 2
   
2. The same source also points me to the shortcut for opening the Volume Mixer. %SystemRoot%\System32\SndVol.exe. Yet, I failed to find a stable way to mute System Sounds through AutoHotKey.
   

The problem for the suggested approach is that, on Windows 10, nircmd.exe no longer take the option "mutesysvolume 2" as designed. Instead of toggling the System Volumes, it is toggling the Device Volume. This is different from what the specs have suggested: NirCmd - Windows command line tool

 

Keeping system sound muted forever?

Aha. No I didn't. I was always clicking on the mute button. Now the problem seems to be resolved. I'll observe for 3-4 days now.

Thanks a lot. Will definitely check it out.

I'm always on this setting. Actually there's this annoying system beep sound when I switch on my charger while the laptop is starting. That's the one I'm trying to avoid.