Thanks for the responses everyone. I really do appreciate it, so thank you.

I did another clean Windows reset this evening which appears to have fixed all of my problems. I installed Dell's most...

Thanks so much for the response.

I checked Windows Update History and didn't really see anything relevant to audio:

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I tried bringing up the Volume Mixer and it automatically went to...

Hi everyone!

Firstly, thank you so much for reading this thread. I've been tearing my hair out all day regarding this problem, and while I feel I've made some progress in isolating the issue, I...