I keep one tool for when I have ruined things through fault of my own. I also keep a fair few tools on hand to fix things like this, in this case nearly everything I had triedĪlready. I suspected that there was a permissions issues causing some form of conflict? I know the registry quite well and I do a fair bit of my own developments. I backed up the registry created restore points, and created a system image (just in case)cause I had just spend days of doing Microsoft updates and really didn't
Every fix on the net I could find I tried but with still no luck. It would have been several days later I had noticed that I had no sound? I wouldn't normally notice this anyway as I either have a set of headphones plugged in to the port or I am re-directing sound via optical out to my surround sound system for watching moviesĮtc. Having many very largeĪnd tediously configured applications such as Visual Studio, ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server and Office, I didn't really want to do a fresh install.especially when everything else with my Windows installation was working perfectly fine.Īfter doing a repair install, it sets Windows back to standard (whilst keeping your application settings) that meant a heap of Microsoft Updates were headed my way.3 days worth in fact, luckily I am not working at the moment so I can afford to do this without This is where you re-install windows again but you manage to retain all of your programs and settings. Anyway I decided to do what is known as a repair install. To the Microsoft installer (msi app) and it was causing me lots of grief.
I suffered from the same issue and I believe it has got something to do with a Microsoft update? This is what I suspect anyway, and the reason being is that I had sound working perfectly fine on my Windows 7 machine I had other unfortunate issues with corruptions
Note: If you don't feel like reading or understanding please feel free to skip to the solution part in bold below or try the easy Pre-step firstīackground relating to my issue and things I had noted:
Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system (this requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All).Hi Louis, Adipose and anyone else suffering with this problem with no apparent working solution. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.ģ) Click the Update button next to the audio driver (for example, Realtek High Definition Audio) to automatically download the correct version of this driver, then you can manually install it (you can do this with the FREE version).
But with the Pro version it takes just 2 clicks (and you get full support and a 30-day money back guarantee):Ģ) Run Driver Easy and click Scan Now button. You can update your drivers automatically with either the FREE or the Pro version of Driver Easy. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing. If you don’t have the time, patience or computer skills to update the Windows 7 audio driver manually, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.ĭriver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it.
Option 2 – Automatically update the audio drivers in Windows 7
IMPORTANT: Before you get started, ensure that you know the model name of your PC or the model name of the sound card, and the specific operating system that your PC is running (Windows 7 64-bit or Windows 7 32-bit). If your PC manufacturer doesn’t provide the new audio driver you need, you can go to the sound card’s website to download the audio driver. I recommend you to check for the new driver on your PC manufacturer’s website first, as the PC manufacturers would customize the audio driver in order to provide the best performance of the device installed on their machine. You can download the audio driver manually from your PC manufacturer’s website or the sound card’s website. Option 1 – Download and install the driver manually
It’s all done with just a couple of mouse clicks – easy even if you’re a computer newbie. Option 2 – Automatically (Recommended) – This is the quickest and easiest option. Option 1 – Manually – You’ll need some computer skills and patience to update your drivers this way, because you need to find exactly the right the driver online, download it and install it step by step. There’re two ways you can download new audio drivers for your Windows 7: manually and automatically Updating audio drivers can your Windows 7 no sound issues.