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.
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
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2014-11-16T18:51:59+00:00 I had the same problem with the endpoing is a duplicate message. I didn't have the file to restore in AVG, and my system restore didn't help. I tried everything I could think of like uninstalling the drivers and uninstalling AVG. I found a program called Windows Repair from tweaking.com. I ran the diagnosis with most of the options checked. It took more than 8 hours to run them all, but it fixed the problem and now my audio is working again. Not sure if there what specific option fixed the problem.
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Anonymous
2014-11-08T23:25:54+00:00 This worked for me too. You just need to restore the file of the audio driver in AVG.
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2014-11-08T18:08:31+00:00 NOOOO, I uninstalled AVG and emptied the virus vault :(
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2014-10-09T03:15:50+00:00 What can I do if the files are no longer in the vault?