Well, Windows decided to just update itself and I ended up with another non-functional Realtek driver. Time to revert again I guess.

Alright, then I'll hold off on downloading that for now. I have a Windows Update for the Realtek driver I uninstalled that's waiting for me to accept it, I'll probably just resort to that in a few...

Where did you download it from?

There might be something wrong with that first link to the Microsoft Update Catalog for version 6.0.1.7568. It keeps telling me no matter what browser I use to upgrade to a post-IE6 browser.

Okay I managed to resolve the issue, and it was kind of random. One time I uninstalled the driver and instead of automatically downloading the Realtek driver, it just changed to "High Definition...

I've been reinstalling and uninstalling drivers left and right from Windows and Realtek's website and I still have the issue.

Same problem! I also created a thread about this. I'll bookmark this one too.

Yep exactly, wait a bit and it jumps in volume. Awesome to know I'm not the only one suffering this.

Hello, tonight I upgraded to Windows 10 and began encountering a very strange problem with my audio. What happens is when an audio source starts playing sound, the the sound is louder than it should...