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Windows audio endpoint / Windows Audio not responding
thanks for helping me out, i got the legion lenovo laptop.
I already tried using Restoro that did say that i was having a issue with the host_audio file but i first wanted to be sure it would solve the problem before buying it.
Hello CasWijers
No worries, I would like you to complete a few steps for me.
1- Run CMD as an admin and enter the commands below: (these will remove the windows update registry which means next time you check for updates, WU will check against the entire windows update database)
Reg delete HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
yes
Net stop wuauserv >NUL
Cd C:\windows
rmdir softwaredistribution /s /q
Net start wuauserv >NUL
2 - Then run the following in order, one after the other. Wait for the first one to complete, then enter the next one: (these will repair windows and look for corrupted files)
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\
sfc /scannow
3- Now run Windows update > new updates should pop up.
4- Assuming your chipset is intel, go to the site below and install the driver assistant, run the tool on your machine.
Intel® Driver & Support Assistant
5- After this the problem should be resolved.
Regarding buying 3rd party programs to fix these issues, most of them don't work. I would not use them. I rather find the driver required from the manufacturer site. This is always the best and safest way to update or fix hardware.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Jose
- Awesome!! Worked perfectly. Thank you.
- thank you for your response! it helped me to sort the issue
- Hi Jose,
I did all the steps one by one, i had multiple windows updates one of them that had to do something with Realtek and also downloaded and installed the graphics driver with the intel driver support assisant but the sound still doesnt work.
After i did all the steps i also tried reinstalling the audio at the device manager and scanning it back up again and i tried restarting the services but that didn't help either.
While i was doing this i got multiple notifications from Restoro that the host_audio keeps crashing.
I hope you can do anything with this information and help me further out.Hello,
Would you be able to go to Windows Event viewer and see if you can see any errors related to host_audio? See image below for guidance.
If you find something, could you please attach it here for me to take a look?
Thanks,
Jose
