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Hello,
Windows 11 keeps swapping between audio output devices at random times. Even if I "don't allow" a device in the settings or disable it through 'more sound settings'. Sometimes it happens after a reboot, sometimes it just does it for no reason. Sometimes it goes well for a day, maybe two, and then it'll swap things around again.
Is there a way for me to 'lock' the output device? My default device is set as the default. Sometimes it changes volume to maximum after a swap which you can probably understand is very inconvenient.
Did I miss a setting somewhere?
I'm using my earbuds plugged in to one of my monitors and the monitor is connected through DP, so the audio controller is my graphics card (nvidia) rather than the on-board one.
Can anyone help me out?
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This issue is awful but we will never get a fix. I also have an issue where my sound will just stop working. I'll listen to music in one browser tab and have sound, open another and now no sound in either. I have to go into the Speaker and set a different mode to get it to come back most of the time.
I also have the same issue all new Audio devices just automatically set themselves as new default when they get connected or get turned on which is driving me crazy.
Everytime I start my pc and my Microphone driver/software is starting it set as default and everytime my TV goes into sleep and wakes up it set itself as new device and
EVEN DISABLING THOSE COMPLETELY DOESNT DO ANYTHING
Or you just want to play a game connect a playstation5 controller to it boom new audio and mic set as default which is just super dumb.
I am having the same issue - when my computer "sleeps" sounds switch from a monitor speaker to the laptop speaker (sound is 3x louder that the monitor speaker). It so frustrating that this cannot be resolved by MS. I have music play on the monitor speaker and notifications play on the laptop speaker. It was not easy finding the menu to set this up. BUT my greatest frustration right now is output being switched in sleep mode.
MS when are you going to fix this issue? This was never an issue with Windows 10.
If the problem is that my monitors go to sleep and Windows switches outputs because of that, then that is a huge issue. My monitors go to sleep when I turn my pc off, and that is normal behaviour. They don't sleep or turn off when the computer is powered on.
When I set something to 'don't allow' then Windows should really just listen to that. Isn't there any way to make Windows do this?
PS. If you're not disconnecting and reconnecting monitors, some times just turning them off / standby / switching input is enough for the device to "disappear" from windows and that causes the whole "Oohhh! Shiny new audio device I should switch to!" issue to occur.
