Windows 10: No audio and computer not picking up speakers

Hello, this is kind of urgent but I have a pair of Altec Lansing XT1 speakers that suddenly stopped working today. The audio just cut out. This has happened before but all I needed to do was unplug and plug in the speakers. This isn't the case right now. I've tried everything to fix this, but on the sound playback menu thing, it used to have Realtek HD sound device and the Altec Lansing device option but now those have disappeared and now I have speakers, headphones, and a microphone. I tried to connect them but my computer won't pick them up. I got an error 0xe0434352 from HP Audio

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Realtek audio driver causing distortion/speaker


Follow these steps:

1) Create a system restore point
2) Right click and click on update driver
3) Click on Browse my computer for driver software
4) Click on let me pick from a list of device drivers of my choice
5) Click on High Definition Audio Driver
6) Click on "Yes" on the prompt
7) Once updated, reboot the PC

 

Internal Conexant Audio speakers are "unconnected"

Hi,

For further assistance regarding the "unconnected" status of your internal audio speaker, we would like to gather more information:

• Was the update installed manually or automatically?
• Did you make any changes to your computer prior to this issue?
• What other troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Regards.

 

No Speakers or Headphones detected

Hi,

This issue may have been caused by a corrupted Audio driver or defective audio port.

To better understand this concern please answer the following questions:

• Are you still able to play music using a built-in speakers?
• Have you tried using other headphones or external speakers?

We also suggest that you run audio troubleshooter by following these steps:

• Type "troubleshooting" on the search box.
• Select Troubleshooting on the result.
• Click View all.
• Choose Playing Audio then follow the instructions.

If you need further assistance, don't hesitate to post back.