Windows 10: How to fix speakers no longer playing sound?

I run Windows 10 on a laptop and the speaker sound used to work but one day I plugged in a USB headset and now the sound on the speakers don't work.I have tried updating the system, searching for new drivers,Microsoft help, and even reinstalling after removing everything from the drive but none of this stuff work.The speakers are not even seen by device manager

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no sound plays through internal speakers

I cannot get any sound to play through the internal speakers of my laptop. It did play previously. The speaker in the task bar has a red and white x and the trouble shooter says no speakers headphones plugged in. When I pull up the info on sound it lists
its location at HDMI port. Suggestions?

 

USB Speaker not playing sound

Hi John,

This issue might be caused mainly because of drivers. For us to better assist you, please provide us the answers to the following questions:

• What are the results from the
  troubleshooter?
• Were you able to follow for the next steps of action?
• What is the make and model of your USB speaker?

In the meantime, we suggest that you try to
run the Microsoft easy fix solutions as this can also help us to fix the problem. On that link, simply click the
Find and fix problems playing sounds hyperlink to run the fix.

We are eager on getting this resolved for you, we will wait for your feedback.

 

Speakers not playing sound.

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue

I suggest you to follow the method below and check if it helps.

Method 1: Hardware Troubleshoot

Windows 10 has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with Sound. I would suggest you to run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your Audio

Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key +X, select Control panel.
  
• Change the view by option on the top right to Large icons.
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel.
  
• Run the playing Audio troubleshooter.
  

And also refer the link below and check if it helps.

Fix sound or audio problems in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help