Realtek Audio not working and is causing me lots of problems

Realtek HD Audio Manager is not compatible with Windows 11.

All computers made since 2018 doesn't use Realtek HD Audio Manager anymore. They have the new Realtek audio DCH driver that have Realtek Audio Console that is automatically downloaded from Microsoft Store.

This is also one of the reasons why 2018 CPU is the cut off date for Windows 11 --- they all use these new DCH drivers.

Good Day AarushDhamija,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 11 and a community member like you.

let us work together to sort this out.

Here's the steps you can try.

-Go to Settings

-Click System

-Click Troubleshooter then Additional troubleshooter.

-Look for Playing Audio and run the troubleshooter.

-Go to Device Manager

-Expand the Sound and Video Game Controllers

-Look for Audio driver that was installed

-Right click and Update

-Look for "Browse my computer for driver

-Let me pick drivers available drivers

-Choose an old driver and use it.

-Go to Control Panel

-In Control Panel, select Large icons from the View by drop down menu.

-Select Sound.

-Select the Playback tab

-Right click the Speaker and click Enable.

-Right-click it again and select Set as Default Device.

-Right click Speakers and click Properties.

-Click the Levels tab, then drag the volume slider towards the largest value.

-Click on Advance Tab

-Uncheck the box to "Allow Application to take exclusive controls on this device"

-Click OK.

Restart your computer and test the audio.

If issue persist, let's download the updated driver

What is the exact model of your computer?

To check the system model proceed with these steps.

-Press Windows key + R

-Type msinfo32 and hit enter.

-Look for the System Model and manufacturer and post it here.

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

For me the fix was method 5 in this list. Listed the important steps but you may want to backup the registry folder before you run just in case. Before doing this fix I after every power cycle I had to go into Settings->Ease of Access->Audio menu and then click on the "change the device or app volume" blue link on the right which would magically get all of my audio devices started up.

THIS IS FREAKING TERRIBLE that doing a windows 10 update would cause this kind of issue and all of the windows troubleshooters could do nothing!

https://www.repairwin.com/fix-lost-sound-after-windows-10-update/

6. Open **Command Prompt as Administrator.**7. Copy & Pastethe following command (in green letters) into the CMD window, and press Enter:

REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations" /f /v ConsoleSecurity /t REG_BINARY /d 010014809c000000a800000000000000140000000200880006000000000014000100000001010000000000050400000000001400bf030f000101000000000005120000000000140089000f00010100000000000513000000000014008100000001010000000000051400000000001800bf030f000102000000000005200000002002000000001800210100000102000000000005200000002b020000010100000000000512000000010100000000000512000000

8. Aster receiving the "Operation completed successfully"  message close Command Prompt.
   9.Restart your PC.
9. Test the Sound on your PC and you're done!

If the windows desktop speaker icon is wonky you can do the following to fix it

Go to that bottom right of your taskbar now, and right-click the audio icon. You will see "Speaker Setup (UNKNOWN)". Well, select "OFF" and the icon will now change back as if you had no audio issues whatsoever. (Again, all these steps, you have to repeat them every time you restart your computer).

If the above didn't work the other thing I did which may help is the following https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-audio-and-windows-audio-endpoint-builder/945d00ea-47e4-43e2-868b-724e9a9465a3 This issue may occur if the service is started by the Local System account instead of by theLocal Service account (NT AUTHORITY\LocalService). The Local System account may have insufficient permissions to start the service. For the Windows Audio and Windows Audio Endpoint Builder services, follow the steps below:

1. Set the service and any dependent services to run under theNT AUTHORITY\LocalService account.
2. Click Start, type "Services.msc” in the Search programs and files box, and then press ENTER.
3. Locate and double click the Windows Audioservice.
4. Click the Log On tab.
5. In the This account text box, type “NT AUTHORITY\LocalService”.
6. Set both Passwordfields blank.
7. Click Applyand then OK.
8. Repeat these steps for the Windows Audio Endpoint Builder service.
9. Restart both services.

More notes. Most of which cannot be found on the official Microsoft Sound Issue Readme ... ARGGG!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/audio-sound-issue-after-kb4571756-windows-10/0c11d3fb-f011-4555-8750-85815d3a6964?page=1

https://appuals.com/fix-audio-services-not-responding-windows-10/ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-sound-problems-in-windows-10-73025246-b61c-40fb-671a-2535c7cd56c8

Done. Still can't hear anything, the Setup_APP.cmd file in the audio console file you sent worked, but when I ran Install_UWP.cmd, it gave me this error.

Hi Carlo! Thanks for your help. I tried all the steps but nothing seems to work. My model is Nitro AN515-45, and I have already downloaded and installed the latest drivers given on the acer website, but it still doesn't work! I don't know what to do.