Windows 10 update 1803 - NO SOUND

Question

ever since this update i have no sound. not from speakers, not from headphones, no google, no skype, no system sounds. sound is up, everything's up, nothings muted, settings are right, drivers are up to date, just no sound. nothing. from this stupid update. only solution id found online was to uninstall the update and go back to 1709 (i think that was the last major one) but when i went to the update history uninstall, it only had the microsoft security update, which i uninstalled, but everything else is still here!! including the lack of sound!! i want to try this update i like the look of the timeline thing but not if i cant hear a thing!! when i first updated to windows 10 it took away my keyboard backlight, all drivers updated everything and it just never came back, which i lived with (even though it was a big reason for getting this laptop) but having no sound is a HUGE issue!!! this needs fixed and i need help QUICK!! please and thank you to anyone with any info..

Answer 1

Just go to your control pannel and uninstall realtek hd audio driver. 

I repeat in controll panel uninstall program.

Dont do anything in device manager.

This is not bug, by default microsoft added dolby and own sonic driver in realtek hd driver, So if u install hd audio it will over ride and disables the audio.

It worked for me. Windows is reducing drivers which all will be included with os in feature.

Answer 2

Could you please fix the issue?

Since transferring sound settings into WPF application, there's no sound in my computer. It happens after  1809 build.

To make sound work i each time have to

1. set default output device to some other device,
2. then back and
3. after it reboot.

Its rudiculous. Isn't sound is important now?

Answer 3

I uninstalled every Realtek program from the control panel and rebooted.  All is well.

Answer 4

I had exactly same problem, all sounds were on max volume and nothing muted. I tried all browsers: Chrome, Firefox and Edge, Youtube was able to play sounds on Chrome, but a certain other browser embedded video which I needed to hear did not. Tried browsing for solution, but no avail. When finally I tried Edge browser Screen reading option and realised that even that did not work, I went to bottom left sound icon, opened it with the right mouse button and checked all other settings there. 

What I did find out that: 

• Spatial sound (Off)

setting prevents all browsers very efficiently from playing any sounds. I do not know why only Youtube did have sounds, when nothing else had (may have been because I did install VLC earlier). I did change Spatial sound setting to: 

• Spatial sound (Windows Sonic for Headphones)

and all sounds started to work like magic. This is so typical, one single setting with a misleading title undermines the whole thing. Windows may have asked this setting to be turned on at some point of installation, and I might have not set it then. But I sincerely don't understand why that setting prevents from hearing all sounds. The system should be built in the way that it checks whether the spatial sound is available and works, it takes it to use by itself and saves all the users from total frustration. It is insane that having Spatial sounds (Off) prevents from hearing all sounds.

Answer 5

Hi, RukiaB

I am Wilfredo an Independent advisor 

Try this 

The problem that you indicate, can be generated for different reasons, some of them: 

Failures in the system controllers. 

Errors in physical sectors. 

Windows services disabled. 

To try to solve the problem, do the following: 

Verify the Windows service 

Use Windows Key + R. 

When you open the window you write: 

Services.msc. 

When you open the list of services, look for "Windows Audio". 

Double click on the start button and verify that the start type is in (automatic). 

Driver update: 

You had already done it, as you mentioned before. However, it is important that you update the drivers related to BIOS and chipset. You can do this from the technical support page of your computer manufacturer. 

I hope it helps you