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Original title: Problems With Windows 8 Sound
Hi ,
I got a problem with Sound in Windows 8 Operating System (hP G60 model)..Device drivers are installed properly ..!! I need to restart my laptop every time problem occurs..if i restart the laptop, sound is working fine..!!..I have no idea why its not coming sound when i first switch on laptop.!every time i need to restart laptop for sound.! one more problem is if i haven't used laptop for 15-20min it goes sleeping mode and when i used back - again facing same problem.!!..Does i need to install any drivers?..Does it require?..Plz help me out..Thank your for your help in advance.!!
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Hello Windows
I am having the same issue with sound (having to restart to regain it).
Clearly this is an update issue as I, among almost everyone else here, has had this problem since an update has taken place. Surely the guys at Microsoft can put a little amount of time figuring out why this is occurring possibly by seeing the difference in the audio code between updates?! Whatever it is, this should have been fixed by now.
Having the same issue with 3-4 users. Only fix so far is restarting. Id like an update
hey i didn't find any permanent solution. but as many others previously said do scan for hardware changes.most embarrassingly my microphone is also occurring the same problem.
Same problem here. I think it started after the most recent Win8 auto update. I have not updated to 8.1. I have a toshiba satellite. I turn on the computer, no sound, restart, then it works. I tried system restore and that doesn't work either. I did a virus scan and no problems there. I might have to do a full system recovery, but I really don't want to do that.
There is no hope in Windows. I decided last year soon after getting this Win8 monstrosity that I am DONE with windows. After 20 years, I am DONE with this company. They screwed so bad with the people who have stuck with them over the years (me).
My problem doesn't occur any more after sleep mode if I immediately play something in VLC player. However, it can happen any time later, I use headphones a lot when I get a notification that they've been unplugged from the audio jack, that's when I know the sound died again and that can happen like every 5 minutes. As a temporary fix only restarting helped, but now ''scan for hardware changes'' helps too, though it didn't before. Go figure.
