Windows 10: How to add device to "Choose your output device"?

I'm running Windows 10 20H2 on a couple of refurbished computers, a Dell laptop and a Lenovo PC, connected together on a cabled network. I use Windows Remote Desktop to access the laptop from my PC.

I store my music files on the laptop. I have a stereo connector cable running from the headphone jack on the laptop to the input jacks on a stereo receiver with two medium sized speakers. This set-up works fine for playing music as long as I'm working from my laptop.

When I'm working at my PC, I'd like to be able to access the laptop via Windows Remote Desktop and be able to play MP3 files stored on the laptop through the speakers that are connected to the laptop. But when I try this, the music comes out of the tiny dare I say "tinny"? internal speaker in the PC under my desk.

I looked in Windows' settings, and found that when I'm accessing the laptop from the PC, the "Output" setting has been peremptorily changed from "Speakers" to "Remote Audio." And the down-arrow in that field is unresponsive, so I'm unable to change the output.

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I'd be grateful if someone could help me figure out how to enable that down arrow next to "Remote Audio" so that I can select "Speakers."


Will in Seattle

a.k.a. "Clueless"

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Vista sound output to two devices

Ive tried to search this up, but so far I haven't found good results.

I have a Sound Blaster X-fi PCI-E and the Radeon 4890 HDMI audio for outputs.
I have them both working separately on the audio devices list on Vista Home Premium.
I FINALLY got screen cloning to work in games, but audio will only output to one or the other.
This depends on what I have set to default.

Is there anyway to get Vista to output all audio to BOTH devices?

Thanks in advance.

 

No Audio Output Device is Installed

Hi,

You will need to select Windows 8 from the drop down list while installing the driver in compatibility mode.

I would suggest you to try setting the speaker as default audio output by following the steps below and check if it helps.

1. Right click on the sound icon on the right bottom corner of the taskbar.

2. Select "playback devices".

3. If "speaker" is not set as the default device, highlight it and click "set as default".

5. Save the changes.

Let us know the result.

 

No audio output device

Hello!
I have a common problem: my Windows 10 has No Audio Output Device.
System configuration:

• Lenovo Legion Y520-15IKBN (laptop)
• Windows 10 Pro, version 1909, build 18363.535;
• Current updates;

Device manager shows these audio devices:

• High Definition Audio Device (driver version 10.0.18362.356)
• Intel Display Audio (10.27.0.6)
• ASUS Xonar U3 (10.0.8.2164)

i.e. the problem persists even with an external (USB) audio device, recognized by the system.

I performed a sanity check on this issue. Sound works when I boot into Ubuntu live. Therefore, it is not a hardware problem, and is indeed a Windows problem.

Solutions that have not worked so far:

1. Audio troubleshooter (issues found: check audio device, nothing else)
2. Rolling back drivers
3. Uninstalling audio devices
4. Uninstalling any audio-related devices, incl. the likes of bluetooth speakers
5. Updating audio drivers (from both built-in drivers and from manufacturer's site)
6. Installing a generic audio device (installing a generic USB audio device does not succeed, and installing a generic Realtek device resulted in a BSOD)

Do you have any ideas for fixing this?