I have that device and I just tried disabling it followed by a reboot. Unfortunately didn't help. Is there anything else I need to do related to the driver?
devices and Printers window loads real slow in windows 8.1
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devices and Printers window loads real slow in windows 8.1 and loads fast in windows 7 both are on the same computer as a dual boot system
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2014-03-16T11:04:09+00:00 I can confirm too that I am using Realtek HD Audio. (Using Windows 8.1)
After reading your post I upgraded my sound drivers to the latest version R3.75 from my motherboard manufacturer's site (Gigabyte). I was using version R2.70 previously.
The problem is fixed! Thank you Merwinsson!
Devices and Printers now loads instantly! It used to take something like 2 minutes!
Update May 21, 2014
The problem is back without changing Realtek drivers. So I don't know what's wrong!
Microsoft PLEASE fix!
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Anonymous
2014-03-14T00:58:50+00:00 There is a fix which worked for somebody here..
http://www.eightforums.com/drivers-hardware/37129-devices-printers-menu-takes-forever-load.html
Last post in the thread..
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Anonymous
2014-03-14T00:53:22+00:00 When Windows 8 developer preview appeared, I tried dual booting with 7, then separate installations, and finally I dumped Windows 7 and just ran Windows 8.
I could not get them to co-exist with one another, and problems came fast and furious, especially chkdsk appearing every time I swapped over from one to the other.
Your problem may well stem from the fact that 7 and 8 don't really like each other.. :-)
My Devices and Printers appears very fast in 8.1..