Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?
windows-7 audio volume-mixer
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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?
windows-7 audio volume-mixer
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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xylar
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have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15
Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35
Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18
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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?
windows-7 audio volume-mixer
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
xylar
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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?
windows-7 audio volume-mixer
windows-7 audio volume-mixer
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
xylar
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edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
xylar
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edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:16
Peter Mortensen
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asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
xylar
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asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
xylar
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asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
xylar
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have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15
Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35
Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18
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have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15
Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35
Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18
2
2
have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15
have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15
Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35
Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35
Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18
Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18
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I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
net start audiosrv
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
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answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
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On my system,net start audiosrvalso startedAudioEndpointBuilderso no need for the final line.
– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
8
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:stop A,stop B,start B,start A, whereAdepends onB. Another option is to useservices.mscand Restart the lowest level service, which in this case isWindows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
2
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
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In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
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Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:
net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv
This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
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Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
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Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
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For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:
- Right click on My Computer
- Chose Manage
- Select Device Manager in the left panel
- Expand Sound, video and game controllers
- Find your audio driver and right click on it.
- Chose Disable
- Right click on the audio driver again
- Chose Enable
It should start working now.
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
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Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
2
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
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@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
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Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).
So this is what I did:
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
Then I re-enabled it, and
net start audiosrv
This reset my card and solved my issue.
answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
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Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
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This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.
Go to Device Manager
Right click on Sound video and game controllers
and click "scan for hardware changes"
That works for me.
answered Jun 24 '14 at 6:16
ChelTel
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Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.
There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.
edited Aug 12 '14 at 12:44
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I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.
This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.
answered Nov 20 '14 at 19:37
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I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
net start audiosrv
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
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answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
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On my system,net start audiosrvalso startedAudioEndpointBuilderso no need for the final line.
– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
8
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:stop A,stop B,start B,start A, whereAdepends onB. Another option is to useservices.mscand Restart the lowest level service, which in this case isWindows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
2
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
4
In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
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up vote
114
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I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
net start audiosrv
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
4,126134490
answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
1,164173
18
On my system,net start audiosrvalso startedAudioEndpointBuilderso no need for the final line.
– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
8
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:stop A,stop B,start B,start A, whereAdepends onB. Another option is to useservices.mscand Restart the lowest level service, which in this case isWindows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
2
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
4
In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
|
show 3 more comments
up vote
114
down vote
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up vote
114
down vote
accepted
I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
net start audiosrv
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
4,126134490
answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
1,164173
I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
net start audiosrv
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
4,126134490
answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
1,164173
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
4,126134490
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
4,126134490
edited Nov 19 at 20:42
Steven M. Vascellaro
4,126134490
4,126134490
answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
1,164173
answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
1,164173
answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10
user184325
1,164173
1,164173
18
On my system,net start audiosrvalso startedAudioEndpointBuilderso no need for the final line.
– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
8
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:stop A,stop B,start B,start A, whereAdepends onB. Another option is to useservices.mscand Restart the lowest level service, which in this case isWindows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
2
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
4
In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
|
show 3 more comments
18
On my system,net start audiosrvalso startedAudioEndpointBuilderso no need for the final line.
– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
8
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:stop A,stop B,start B,start A, whereAdepends onB. Another option is to useservices.mscand Restart the lowest level service, which in this case isWindows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
2
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
4
In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
18
18
On my system,
net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
On my system,
net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.– xylar
Feb 18 '13 at 11:11
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
– hippietrail
Feb 16 '14 at 10:35
8
8
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:
stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form:
stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.– merv
Jun 21 '14 at 18:21
2
2
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
– BrainSlugs83
Sep 30 '14 at 17:22
4
4
In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
– user1205197
Mar 20 '16 at 12:58
|
show 3 more comments
up vote
30
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Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:
net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv
This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
1
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
add a comment |
up vote
30
down vote
Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:
net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv
This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
1
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
add a comment |
up vote
30
down vote
up vote
30
down vote
Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:
net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv
This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:
net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv
This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:36
PhonicUK
2,84611416
2,84611416
Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
1
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
add a comment |
Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
1
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
– Warpzit
Oct 3 '14 at 9:03
1
1
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:
- Right click on My Computer
- Chose Manage
- Select Device Manager in the left panel
- Expand Sound, video and game controllers
- Find your audio driver and right click on it.
- Chose Disable
- Right click on the audio driver again
- Chose Enable
It should start working now.
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
2
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
2
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
1
@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:
- Right click on My Computer
- Chose Manage
- Select Device Manager in the left panel
- Expand Sound, video and game controllers
- Find your audio driver and right click on it.
- Chose Disable
- Right click on the audio driver again
- Chose Enable
It should start working now.
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
2
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
2
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
1
@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
up vote
9
down vote
For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:
- Right click on My Computer
- Chose Manage
- Select Device Manager in the left panel
- Expand Sound, video and game controllers
- Find your audio driver and right click on it.
- Chose Disable
- Right click on the audio driver again
- Chose Enable
It should start working now.
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:
- Right click on My Computer
- Chose Manage
- Select Device Manager in the left panel
- Expand Sound, video and game controllers
- Find your audio driver and right click on it.
- Chose Disable
- Right click on the audio driver again
- Chose Enable
It should start working now.
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
8,301166184
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41
Akram Ali
10712
10712
2
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
2
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
1
@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
add a comment |
2
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
2
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
1
@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
2
2
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
2
2
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
– aroth
Mar 6 '16 at 12:32
1
1
@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
@kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
– tmighty
Sep 7 at 20:18
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).
So this is what I did:
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
Then I re-enabled it, and
net start audiosrv
This reset my card and solved my issue.
answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
111
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
add a comment |
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Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).
So this is what I did:
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
Then I re-enabled it, and
net start audiosrv
This reset my card and solved my issue.
answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
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Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
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Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).
So this is what I did:
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
Then I re-enabled it, and
net start audiosrv
This reset my card and solved my issue.
answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
111
Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).
So this is what I did:
net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
Then I re-enabled it, and
net start audiosrv
This reset my card and solved my issue.
answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
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answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
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answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
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answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50
Steven Spark
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Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
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Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
Not for Windows 10 :(
– kokbira
Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
Not for Windows 10 :(
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Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
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This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.
Go to Device Manager
Right click on Sound video and game controllers
and click "scan for hardware changes"
That works for me.
answered Jun 24 '14 at 6:16
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This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.
Go to Device Manager
Right click on Sound video and game controllers
and click "scan for hardware changes"
That works for me.
answered Jun 24 '14 at 6:16
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This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.
Go to Device Manager
Right click on Sound video and game controllers
and click "scan for hardware changes"
That works for me.
answered Jun 24 '14 at 6:16
ChelTel
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This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.
Go to Device Manager
Right click on Sound video and game controllers
and click "scan for hardware changes"
That works for me.
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Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.
There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.
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Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.
There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.
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Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.
There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.
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Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.
There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.
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I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.
This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.
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I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.
This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.
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I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.
This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.
answered Nov 20 '14 at 19:37
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I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.
This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.
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have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15
Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35
Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18