I have found the problem. You probably all have AVG 2014 as your antivirus. Somehow it identified Windows audio files as a virus and settle them on quarantaine. Go to AVG>>Virus Vault and restore the files. Answer yes to all replacements.
No Sound with error message 'Error code 0x800706cc: The endpoint is a duplicate'. Also a red x over the sound icon on the icon tray.
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Original Title: Windows 8 - No Sound
HP ProBook 6455b Windows 8
Hello, the sound on my laptop stopped working suddenly, never had any issues before. Looked into services.mcs and see that windows audio service is stopped. When I try to start it I get a dialog box stating 'Error code 0x800706cc: The endpoint is a duplicate'. There's also a red x over the sound icon on the icon tray. Checked for drivers, all working properly and updated, so it says.. Can anyone please help :(
Thank you.
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Anonymous
2016-01-05T00:17:38+00:00 Hi Geethu,
I've been having the same problems as Stephanie, telling me that there is a duplicate.
None of the methods that you listed seemed to make a difference.
Please help me.
I am also getting an empty Virus Vault when I enter the AVG 2015.
Thank you.
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Anonymous
2015-09-13T23:13:13+00:00 Hello. I did exactly that...I went into Virus Vault, but it was empty. I am still getting the error 0x800706cc The end point is a duplicate. What now?
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Anonymous
2015-07-01T21:51:36+00:00 What if you inadvertently uninstalled AVG before you were able to take the steps to restore the files?
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2015-06-03T21:26:06+00:00 I had uninstalled AVG as well before I found out the problem could be fixed by the virus vault. But when I reinstalled AVG, the data was still in the virus vault, even though it showed a date prior to the date the problems started. I dont know if this helps but if you find anything in the virus vault restore it.