Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?











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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?










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    have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
    – mnmnc
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:15










  • Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
    – xylar
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:35










  • Try updating your audio drivers too.
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    Jan 3 '13 at 20:18















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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?










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    have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
    – mnmnc
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:15










  • Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
    – xylar
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:35










  • Try updating your audio drivers too.
    – Bigbio2002
    Jan 3 '13 at 20:18













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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?










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Sometimes, when I start my machine, the volume control is set to 100, but it plays relatively quiet. I can fix it by rebooting my machine. Is there a way to restart audio devices, without rebooting the computer?







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    have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
    – mnmnc
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:15










  • Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
    – xylar
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:35










  • Try updating your audio drivers too.
    – Bigbio2002
    Jan 3 '13 at 20:18














  • 2




    have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
    – mnmnc
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:15










  • Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
    – xylar
    Dec 20 '12 at 11:35










  • Try updating your audio drivers too.
    – Bigbio2002
    Jan 3 '13 at 20:18








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have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15




have you tried to go into the device manager, find audio file, click right mouse button on it and choose disable. After that once again and choose enable. Hope it works ;)
– mnmnc
Dec 20 '12 at 11:15












Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35




Nice idea, device manager lists two "High Definition Audio Device"s under "Sound, video and game controllers". I am able to disable one of them but when I try to disable the second I get a prompt asking to reboot my machine.
– xylar
Dec 20 '12 at 11:35












Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18




Try updating your audio drivers too.
– Bigbio2002
Jan 3 '13 at 20:18










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I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it



net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
net start audiosrv
net start AudioEndpointBuilder


If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.






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    On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
    – xylar
    Feb 18 '13 at 11:11










  • This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
    – hippietrail
    Feb 16 '14 at 10:35






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    Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
    – merv
    Jun 21 '14 at 18:21






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    SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
    – BrainSlugs83
    Sep 30 '14 at 17:22








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    In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
    – user1205197
    Mar 20 '16 at 12:58


















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Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:



net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv


This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.






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  • Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
    – Warpzit
    Oct 3 '14 at 9:03






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    Not for Windows 10 :(
    – kokbira
    Oct 14 '15 at 1:35


















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For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:




  1. Right click on My Computer

  2. Chose Manage

  3. Select Device Manager in the left panel

  4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers

  5. Find your audio driver and right click on it.

  6. Chose Disable

  7. Right click on the audio driver again

  8. Chose Enable


It should start working now.






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    Not for Windows 10 :(
    – kokbira
    Oct 14 '15 at 1:35






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    Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
    – aroth
    Mar 6 '16 at 12:32






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    @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
    – tmighty
    Sep 7 at 20:18


















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Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).



So this is what I did:



net stop audiosrv
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder


Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
Then I re-enabled it, and



net start audiosrv


This reset my card and solved my issue.






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  • Not for Windows 10 :(
    – kokbira
    Oct 14 '15 at 1:36


















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This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.



Go to Device Manager
Right click on Sound video and game controllers
and click "scan for hardware changes"



That works for me.






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    Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.



    There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.






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      I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.



      This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.






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        I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
        net start audiosrv
        net start AudioEndpointBuilder


        If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.






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          On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
          – xylar
          Feb 18 '13 at 11:11










        • This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
          – hippietrail
          Feb 16 '14 at 10:35






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          Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
          – merv
          Jun 21 '14 at 18:21






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          SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
          – BrainSlugs83
          Sep 30 '14 at 17:22








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          In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
          – user1205197
          Mar 20 '16 at 12:58















        up vote
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        accepted










        I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
        net start audiosrv
        net start AudioEndpointBuilder


        If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.






        share|improve this answer



















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          On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
          – xylar
          Feb 18 '13 at 11:11










        • This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
          – hippietrail
          Feb 16 '14 at 10:35






        • 8




          Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
          – merv
          Jun 21 '14 at 18:21






        • 2




          SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
          – BrainSlugs83
          Sep 30 '14 at 17:22








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          In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
          – user1205197
          Mar 20 '16 at 12:58













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        up vote
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        accepted






        I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
        net start audiosrv
        net start AudioEndpointBuilder


        If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.






        share|improve this answer














        I also had to stop AudioEndpointBuilder and restart it



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder
        net start audiosrv
        net start AudioEndpointBuilder


        If you look at Windows' Task Manager's "services" tab, that might help you identify what services you have tied to audio.







        share|improve this answer














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        answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:10









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          On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
          – xylar
          Feb 18 '13 at 11:11










        • This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
          – hippietrail
          Feb 16 '14 at 10:35






        • 8




          Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
          – merv
          Jun 21 '14 at 18:21






        • 2




          SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
          – BrainSlugs83
          Sep 30 '14 at 17:22








        • 4




          In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
          – user1205197
          Mar 20 '16 at 12:58














        • 18




          On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
          – xylar
          Feb 18 '13 at 11:11










        • This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
          – hippietrail
          Feb 16 '14 at 10:35






        • 8




          Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
          – merv
          Jun 21 '14 at 18:21






        • 2




          SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
          – BrainSlugs83
          Sep 30 '14 at 17:22








        • 4




          In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
          – user1205197
          Mar 20 '16 at 12:58








        18




        18




        On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
        – xylar
        Feb 18 '13 at 11:11




        On my system, net start audiosrv also started AudioEndpointBuilder so no need for the final line.
        – xylar
        Feb 18 '13 at 11:11












        This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
        – hippietrail
        Feb 16 '14 at 10:35




        This doesn't work for my case using Windows 7 32-bit on a HP Mini netbook. Sleeping and waking the computer usually fixes it but in some situations (such as partially buffered YouTube videos) this can have other annoying side effects besides fixing the sound.
        – hippietrail
        Feb 16 '14 at 10:35




        8




        8




        Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
        – merv
        Jun 21 '14 at 18:21




        Similar to @xylar comment: Windows Audio service is dependent on Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. Typically when you want to manually start/stop services that involve dependencies they should be nested in the form: stop A, stop B, start B, start A, where A depends on B. Another option is to use services.msc and Restart the lowest level service, which in this case is Windows Audio Endpoint Builder. That automatically executes all the above in proper order.
        – merv
        Jun 21 '14 at 18:21




        2




        2




        SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
        – BrainSlugs83
        Sep 30 '14 at 17:22






        SO glad I decided to Google this! -- put the above in a batch script, and BAM, my audio is working again! -- No more need to restart every time my audio craps out on me. -- Freaking awesome. :D
        – BrainSlugs83
        Sep 30 '14 at 17:22






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        In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
        – user1205197
        Mar 20 '16 at 12:58




        In Windows 10 it may help if you start cmd in Administrator mode.
        – user1205197
        Mar 20 '16 at 12:58












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        Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:



        net stop audiosrv
        net start audiosrv


        This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.






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        • Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
          – Warpzit
          Oct 3 '14 at 9:03






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          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35















        up vote
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        Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:



        net stop audiosrv
        net start audiosrv


        This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.






        share|improve this answer





















        • Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
          – Warpzit
          Oct 3 '14 at 9:03






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          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35













        up vote
        30
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        up vote
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        Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:



        net stop audiosrv
        net start audiosrv


        This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.






        share|improve this answer












        Open up a command prompt as administrator and run:



        net stop audiosrv
        net start audiosrv


        This restarts the Windows service responsible for handling audio.







        share|improve this answer












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        • Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
          – Warpzit
          Oct 3 '14 at 9:03






        • 1




          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35


















        • Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
          – Warpzit
          Oct 3 '14 at 9:03






        • 1




          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35
















        Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
        – Warpzit
        Oct 3 '14 at 9:03




        Thanks god, stupid drivers crashing audio jack on log out.
        – Warpzit
        Oct 3 '14 at 9:03




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        1




        Not for Windows 10 :(
        – kokbira
        Oct 14 '15 at 1:35




        Not for Windows 10 :(
        – kokbira
        Oct 14 '15 at 1:35










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        For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:




        1. Right click on My Computer

        2. Chose Manage

        3. Select Device Manager in the left panel

        4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers

        5. Find your audio driver and right click on it.

        6. Chose Disable

        7. Right click on the audio driver again

        8. Chose Enable


        It should start working now.






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        • 2




          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35






        • 2




          Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
          – aroth
          Mar 6 '16 at 12:32






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          @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
          – tmighty
          Sep 7 at 20:18















        up vote
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        For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:




        1. Right click on My Computer

        2. Chose Manage

        3. Select Device Manager in the left panel

        4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers

        5. Find your audio driver and right click on it.

        6. Chose Disable

        7. Right click on the audio driver again

        8. Chose Enable


        It should start working now.






        share|improve this answer



















        • 2




          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35






        • 2




          Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
          – aroth
          Mar 6 '16 at 12:32






        • 1




          @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
          – tmighty
          Sep 7 at 20:18













        up vote
        9
        down vote










        up vote
        9
        down vote









        For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:




        1. Right click on My Computer

        2. Chose Manage

        3. Select Device Manager in the left panel

        4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers

        5. Find your audio driver and right click on it.

        6. Chose Disable

        7. Right click on the audio driver again

        8. Chose Enable


        It should start working now.






        share|improve this answer














        For Windows 7, I used this and hope it will work for all Windows flavors:




        1. Right click on My Computer

        2. Chose Manage

        3. Select Device Manager in the left panel

        4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers

        5. Find your audio driver and right click on it.

        6. Chose Disable

        7. Right click on the audio driver again

        8. Chose Enable


        It should start working now.







        share|improve this answer














        share|improve this answer



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        edited Jan 1 '14 at 15:21









        Peter Mortensen

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        answered Sep 5 '13 at 4:41









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        • 2




          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35






        • 2




          Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
          – aroth
          Mar 6 '16 at 12:32






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          @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
          – tmighty
          Sep 7 at 20:18














        • 2




          Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:35






        • 2




          Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
          – aroth
          Mar 6 '16 at 12:32






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          @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
          – tmighty
          Sep 7 at 20:18








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        Not for Windows 10 :(
        – kokbira
        Oct 14 '15 at 1:35




        Not for Windows 10 :(
        – kokbira
        Oct 14 '15 at 1:35




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        Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
        – aroth
        Mar 6 '16 at 12:32




        Not for Windows 7 either, at least not if you care about the "without restarting" part of the question.
        – aroth
        Mar 6 '16 at 12:32




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        @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
        – tmighty
        Sep 7 at 20:18




        @kokbira You can access it using Windows Settings -> Hardware
        – tmighty
        Sep 7 at 20:18










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        Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
        I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
        But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).



        So this is what I did:



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder


        Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
        Then I re-enabled it, and



        net start audiosrv


        This reset my card and solved my issue.






        share|improve this answer





















        • Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:36















        up vote
        1
        down vote













        Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
        I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
        But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).



        So this is what I did:



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder


        Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
        Then I re-enabled it, and



        net start audiosrv


        This reset my card and solved my issue.






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        Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
        I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
        But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).



        So this is what I did:



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder


        Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
        Then I re-enabled it, and



        net start audiosrv


        This reset my card and solved my issue.






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        Thanks for the answer, it helped me too. Something stuck in my sound card buffer and kept looping.
        I was not able to disable my card in Device Manager, (it wanted to restart Windows 7).
        But stopping the service helped, (though only that did not solve my problem alone).



        So this is what I did:



        net stop audiosrv
        net stop AudioEndpointBuilder


        Then I was bale to disable the audio device in Device Manager.
        Then I re-enabled it, and



        net start audiosrv


        This reset my card and solved my issue.







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        answered Oct 9 '14 at 20:50









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        • Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:36


















        • Not for Windows 10 :(
          – kokbira
          Oct 14 '15 at 1:36
















        Not for Windows 10 :(
        – kokbira
        Oct 14 '15 at 1:36




        Not for Windows 10 :(
        – kokbira
        Oct 14 '15 at 1:36










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        This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.



        Go to Device Manager
        Right click on Sound video and game controllers
        and click "scan for hardware changes"



        That works for me.






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          This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.



          Go to Device Manager
          Right click on Sound video and game controllers
          and click "scan for hardware changes"



          That works for me.






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            This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.



            Go to Device Manager
            Right click on Sound video and game controllers
            and click "scan for hardware changes"



            That works for me.






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            This problem is intensely annoying. I have found a solution that works for me. It isn't permanent as you have to do it each time the speakers stop, but it is better than restarting all the time.



            Go to Device Manager
            Right click on Sound video and game controllers
            and click "scan for hardware changes"



            That works for me.







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            answered Jun 24 '14 at 6:16









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                Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.



                There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.






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                  Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.



                  There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.






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                    Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.



                    There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.






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                    Check your device manager and go to audio in and outputs. Now check the box show hidden devices (in view) and delete all the devices other than the ones that you have when you didn't show the hidden devices. Reboot.



                    There must have been some leftover drivers that interfered.







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                    answered Aug 12 '14 at 12:21









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                        I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.



                        This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.






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                          I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.



                          This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.






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                            I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.



                            This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.






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                            I came looking for a way to restart my Creative X-Fi Titanium driver w/out restarting. Sometimes when I change the Mode, I'll get a buzz out of the right channel that may force me to restart Win7 several times to get rid of.



                            This fix didn't work for me but as I was unable to Disable the X-Fi in the Device Mgr., which stated it would require a restart when I tried. I'd tried to kill all related software, but maybe there was something I missed, being the massive driver that it is.







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