Came across this at Lifehacker and thought of youse guys and girls. If you have an old style keyboard of are a lazy booger like me, Volumouse2 (Nirsoft) is definitely for you.
Volumouse is very customizable. You set the mouse function and under what conditions the wheel will act as the volume control. In other words it’s not an “either-or” scroll wheel or volume control, and can set 12 different rules governing the conditions governing it’s behavior.
Volumouse 2 beta is x32 and x64. Works for Vista, W7 and 2008
The "More" button next to a rule (see picture just above) allows further flexibility which is really nice (especially for gaming).
Even better….. Volumouse 2 Beta is FREE. My kinda price.
Take some time to browse Nirsoft’s website. Lots of good stuff there!
Nirsoft: http://www.nirsoft.net/
Source: http://lifehacker.com/#!5787129/volumouse-2-controls-your-pcs-volume-with-your-mouse-wheel
Download: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse_beta.html
Download for XP: (Ver. 1.72) http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse.html