Audio drivers broken after Windows update

Caledon Ken said:

I think, and this needs to be be confirmed, that I saw somewhere that the WU carrying the Intel update has been ..... either paused or pulled.

It has been one H3!! of a week. They really have to slow this down. 1809 not ready for prime time, 1809 CU updates causing boot issues with HP's (and Dell ??) devices, Intel driver stepping on others. They need a different approach to release and fire fight.

Oh well, backup and then backup again.

I’ve heard 1809 didn’t go to the pre-release group of insiders but was released directly from the slow ring, I don’t know if that or something similar is true but it would explain why these bugs weren’t caught before release.

Yes it did bypass the final insider stage but you have to wonder how Intel got caught so far out. Are they not part of the testing for their drivers and the CU crippling HP's. Was the error it was supposed to correct not identified in Fast or slow.

They will implement new processes and procedures to prevent a re-occurrence and in two years someone will say, we don't need that step.

Remember 1607 killing web cams.

Caledon Ken said:

Yes it did bypass the final insider stage but you have to wonder how Intel got caught so far out. Are they not part of the testing for their drivers and the CU crippling HP's. Was the error it was supposed to correct not identified in Fast or slow.

They will implement new processes and procedures to prevent a re-occurrence and in two years someone will say, we don't need that step.

Remember 1607 killing web cams.

I sincerely hope that MS don’t skip the final insider stage again.

Oh yes.

TwinTrish said:

Ken I just got it fixed. My daughter-in-law had the same issue - we bought our computers at the same time. I almost had it when I first was trying to fix it, but i got a message that what i was doing may not be safe so I quit when I should have continued and save myself hours of stress!

Glad you got it sorted. If you have the time could you say what you did. Lots of sound issues these days and solution help everyone.

Thanks

Can I ask what this icon is

This Intel Audio thing has been a ........

Right click in a clear area of your task bar (where there are no icons), then at bottom of list "Taskbar settings", scroll down right hand side of page looking for link "Turn System Icons On or Off"

Is your speaker enabled / on ?