Windows 10: Cant find windows audio in services or msconfig

Hello, i have a problem, today my notebook stop playing sound, when i tried to solve this problem, i tried to find Windows Audio in Services and in System Configuration, but i cant find it anywhere. Please can someone help me solve this problem?

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After running Audio troubleshooter error: 'one or more audio service isn't running'

Hi Peter,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As you receive the error message: 'one or more audio service isn't running', this might have occurred due to the audio services.

I suggest you to restart the service, set it to automatic and check if it helps.

Step 1: Stop the Windows Audio service.

• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for Windows Audio service, right click on it and click on
  Stop.
• Restart the computer.

Step 2: Start the service and set it to automatic:

• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for Windows Audio service, right click on it and click on
  Properties.
• Start the service, set
  Startup type to Automatic.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Window 10 audio services not responding

Keyboard:
win + r (simultaneously)
services.msc

locate each:
1) Windows Audio
2) Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
3) Plug and Play

Right click on each of the above and make sure:
Startup type is automatic
Services are running

For each of these make sure that you right click then restart them despite the displayed status.

In the left lower corner search type: msconfig
Make sure that there are check marks for each

Windows Audio
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder

Reboot

There are more troubleshooting steps if the above does not fix the audio.

 

Audio Services not responding

Hi Glen,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand it can be frustrating when the audio is not working on the PC. It could be possible that the audio service or its dependent services are disabled from the startup.



Let’s go ahead and try a few steps to see if we can fix the issue.



Method 1:



Try starting the PC in normal startup from msconfig options and see if that helps.

1. Press Windows key + R. This will open
   Run. Alternatively, you can go to Start and search for Run.
   
2. In Run dialog box, type
   msconfig and hit enter.
   
3. Go to Services tab and check the
   Windows Audio and Windows Audio endpoint builder
   services.
   
4. Now on the General tab select the radio button against
   Normal startup.
   
5. Now click on Apply and
   OK.
   
6. Click on Restart.
   

After the PC restarts start the Windows audio and the dependent services and check.

1. Press Windows key + R. This will open
   Run. Alternatively, you can go to Start and search for Run.
   
2. In Run dialog box, type
   services.msc and hit enter.
   
3. Now look for Windows Audio and
   Windows Audio endpoint builder services.
   
4. Right click on the service and click on
   Properties.
   
5. Under General tab change the
   Startup type to Automatic.
   
6. Now go to the dependencies tab and look for the services:
   DCOM Server Process Launcher, RPC Endpoint Mapper
   and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and start them.
   
7. Now right click on the
   Windows Audio service and click on Start.
   

Also, you can try starting the Plug and Play service as
Windows Audio is also dependent on this service.



Method 2:



Set the speakers as default audio device.

1. Right click on the Speaker icon on the taskbar and click on
   Sounds.
   
2. Now go to Playback tab and right click on the
   speakers.
   
3. Now select set as default Device.
   

Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator