...kind of, but this story gets really interesting where you can uninstall the latest updates and the issue still persists 🤔
And, weirder yet, you can install a fresh, newer version of Windows, and...

Heartbeat:
While I have both, a fairly recent backup and a fresh installation of a new (21H1) version of Windows, both of which have working sound, I'm still running the "broken sound" version of...

I don't know, "make sure you don't run into the problem in the first place", aka "go back in time and make a backup" doesn't really strike me as a viable solution.
The problem wasn't solved, It's...

Hi!
I also have this issue now, this happened after the 06-2021 cumulative update to 20H2 (the original 20H2 was fine).
Pre-history:
Actually, I couldn't boot correctly with 06-2021. It would show...