Windows 10: Asus / Realtek / Nahimic Service / Various App slow to start up since yesterday

Those of u with Asus Z370 motherboards (I am using Formula X) with on-board Realtek audio may find some programs loading slower than usual today, such as firefox, chrme, emclient, aimp player etc. This is due to the Nahimic service which updated via MS-Store yesterday for SonicRadar3 and SonicStudio3, disable it via msconfig and everything should be fine again.
Thought I would post here in case others have problems and like me took hours to figure out what was going on....

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Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

Thank you for this !!
I tried many things and went in the end to UAD with nahimic. But i'm not a fan of nahimic, even their V3. And in the end, nahimic still had the problem of sucking your CPU out (70% os 7700hq used by nahimic service ... known issue).
But when reinstalling HDA drivers, impossible to get realtek audio manager.
Then your holy method came to light and here was the manager !

For me, on MSI laptop ge72 it worked with realtek 7440 to get audio manager and then updating with 8199 from Microsoft catalog (same version on MSI website but with nahimic) .

So thank you mate.

 

I keep copying and pasting the same thing

I have the Asus Rog Maximux XI Hero

I uninstalled the latest Realtek audio drivers and installed the one before it, with Nahimic services running I have no issues so far.

So is Nahimic aware of the issue? or is this a Realtek driver problem?

 

Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version


Hi, I am hoping someone familiar with MSI Laptops ( and UAD Drivers) can point me in the right direction and / or confirm a few things. I just bought a MSI GP63 15.6" Laptop which has a Realtek 0892 Chip (codec) in it according to Device Manager which also supports Nahimic Ver.3, according to the Overview Page for the Laptop (below) but I see no Nahimic App. I see no Realtek Manager App in Control Panel per the Full Driver like my desktop but there is a Realtek Console on the Start Menu (UAD?) which is working but has no adjustments / effects etc.

If I open Nahimic from the Start Menu , it starts to Open then forces Closes itself, same if I use the Realtek Console and click on Nahimic under Sound Effects.. Same thing happens if I use Settings>System>Sound>Other Sound Options, it stays open for 3 secs and then the whole Settings App is Force closed.

MSI has 8443 (UAD , I guess as only 31mb ) on the Support Site but their Help Desk Driver Update App found 8468 a couple of days ago ( seems to be gone again today) but it seems Microsoft Update knows better and installs 8412 if I uninstall the Realtek Driver in D.M. and reboot .

I have also tried 8519 from the thread , with no difference and am now thinking I am missing something , do I need to install extra Apps from the M$ Store as well or something ? I see no Nahimic App listed in My Store >what's installed list, should there be one?

Thanks for any help guys...


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