windows 8 release preview is now available for download . we posted about that about month ago many people downloaded and using it as it works really fine for me but many people troubling with audio problem
so here is quick and dirty guide to solving audio problem
Method 1:
Open the Playing Audio troubleshooter.
1. Press the ‘Windows + F’ key on the keyboard, this will bring the search interface.
2. Type in ‘Troubleshooting’ and click on ‘Settings’ for the result.
3. Under ‘Troubleshoot computer problem’ click on ‘View all’ on panel to the left.
4. Under ‘Hardware and Sound’ click on ‘Troubleshoot Audio Playback’.
method 2
1 : open services
2 : make sure that windows audio service is running and set to automatic
3 : make sure your audio device plugged in and service is running
1. Press the ‘Windows + F’ key on the keyboard, this will bring the search interface.
2. Type in ‘Troubleshooting’ and click on ‘Settings’ for the result.
3. Under ‘Troubleshoot computer problem’ click on ‘View all’ on panel to the left.
4. Under ‘Hardware and Sound’ click on ‘Troubleshoot Audio Playback’.
method 2
1 : open services
2 : make sure that windows audio service is running and set to automatic
3 : make sure your audio device plugged in and service is running
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">method 3 ( if you are upgraded from xp ) </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">YOU CAN FIX IT BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS BELOW:</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Open cmd.exe with Administrator rights</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Type in:</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">“secedit /configure /cfg %windir%infdefltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose”</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Restart your computer when the process completes</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. TADA, your audio service now runs normally</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">method 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 : right click on sound icon from taskbar</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 : open playback devices</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">3 : make sure you checked show disable devices and enable them</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">method 4 </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">1 :</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Right click on “Start Screen (list item)” in “Start Screen” </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 : Left click on “Device Manager (menu item)” </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3 : From device manger </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">4 : download audio driver and update them manually </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">i hope it may be helpful for you </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Times New Roman', serif;">cheers !</span>
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Hi, My name is Alok Yadav. I am a software engineer based in Kolkata, India.