audio drivers

For many of us, sound is a major part of the Windows 11 experience. Whether it's the background music while working, that crisp audio during a binge-watching marathon, or crystal-clear communication during a Zoom meeting, audio enhances our digital lives. So, static noise interrupting the party...

Windows 11 consistently pushes the envelope in terms of performance, user experience, and functionality, but when it comes to audio issues, nothing can ruin your day—and possibly your Zoom call—faster than a crackling sound, choppy audio, or complete silence. Luckily, there’s one solution nearly...

I have two programs that record streaming audio. Just recently they stopped getting any audio. Has there been a W11 update that would have caused this?

Low audio volume can be a frustrating issue for Windows 11 users. If you’ve recently encountered sound playback that’s quieter than usual, you’re not alone. Recently, a user shared their experience with this problem, highlighting effective ways to rectify the issue. Below is a comprehensive...

Hello, I've been running W7 on my desktop for the last 10 years and it's been running quite flawlessly. Since W7 won't be supported by Jan 2020 I decided that it was time to upgrade to W10 (clean install with a legit license). It went quite smooth and I've unplug the internet connection while...

Basically what happened, computer froze when I moved mouse to get out of screen saver. I waited around 5 to 10 minutes, tried to open Task Manager but it was still frozen. Ended up holding down the power button to force shut down. When I started the computer again, I had no sound through...

Hello, recently my PC has been unable to play sound. My OS is Windows 10 x64. I've tried multiple fixes: uninstalling and reinstalling audio drivers, changing NVIDIA and Realtek audio drivers to High Definition audio drivers, System File Checker, Memory Diagnostics. I've also tried checking if...

Hi there, I just upgraded my Lenovo G50-45 to Windows 10 Home from Windows 8.1 (64-bit). I previously did a clean install of 8.1 and manually installed the drivers from the Lenovo site, now finding that I lost many of the drivers after upgrading to Windows 10 (and they don't show up as yellow...

This has been driving me insane for several weeks. I turn the machine on, and (after a really long time of it launching lots of things) I get the I-have-successfully-launched sounds, and then immediately after that the sound completely stops working. When the machine is still launching stuff...

The windows 10 report I ran says my computer is 100% compatible. Does that mean I won't need to download new drivers like audio, Ethernet things like that? Will windows 10 do that for me? This is a computer I built the only thing I've ever ran is windows 7 I plan to create a backup image...

In case someone has similar issues, hope this helps. I had 3 sound related issues on my laptop after the upgrade to win 10 from 7. - The volume was so low I could hardly hear anything. - The mute light was always on, f11 worked to mute and unmute. - Beats audio disappeared. My HP DV7-4065dx...

Guys, this is ridiculous. I'm 100% positive this is NOT a hardware issue but at this point, it almost seems like getting a new computer entirely would fix this retarded issue. Before I explain my history on this, I'll post my system. Intel Core i5 4690k @3.50Ghz Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)...

Hi I found this, while searching online for a way to stop my audio drivers from updating all the time. Maybe everyone already knows this, but I hadn't found it before so it was new to me. Previously I tried to do it through Windows Update Settings with no luck. I can't say for sure that it...

Hi I was still trying to decide whether to do a clean install this morning. I was checking to make sure that Guild Wars 2 was working after my recent redo of my second hard drive when the game suddenly closed and the message, "Windows need to restart several times to finish updating". I had...

I have a very weird problem where Windows plays everything too fast, whether it's music on iTunes or videos on Youtube. I started noticing it a week ago. I was confused so I opened up some DJ software I bought (Cross DJ) and sure enough if I pitched songs down by 8% everything sounded normal, so...

How do I pitch shift (by cents) Windows 7 audio output? Windows sound manager and my audio drivers software only shifts the pitch in semitones. I want to shift the pitch of all outputted audio from Windows to 432 Hz. To accomplish this I need to reduce the pitch by 32 cents. Ideally, a pitch...

Hi, I currently have an issue with my sound icon showing a x on it, its not muted and the drivers are installed correctly, infact i have tried uninstalling the software and letting windows install its own driver which comes up as a hd device audio device, but the icon still have the cross. if i...

Hi I want to upgrade to Windows 8.1 but I've had problems with it. As long as I'm running Windows 8 and my sound is fine. When I upgraded to Windows 8.1, Windows installed new sound drivers and my sound is distorted especially computer generated speech, and sound in computer games. After a...

So recently the sound on my machine will randomly stop working- no apps produce sound, Chrome doesn't, not even the system sounds. I posted about this on another forum which told me to check for hardware changes in the device manager, but that doesn't seem to be working, or at least not...

Hi friends, I am using Windows 8. I am facing an issue with my sound all on a sudden. The volume icon on the task bar has a red cross on it. When I hover on that it says 'No speakers or headphones plugged in' (attachment-1). When I click on the icon I get a screen like attachment-2 which...