Windows 10: System Diagnostics threw an error for a Plug And Play Device that I THINK is grayed out in...

I recently installed a new graphics card and made sure to run a DDU to do a clean install of drivers. But since then, certain programs have been running exceedingly slow to the point where it took me 12 hours to work on 3 short-form videos a minute or less in length because Premiere and Firefox were hiccuping like crazy. I ran system diagnostics and got back one error: I wasn't sure what device it was referring to so I opened Device Manager, clicked View > Show Hidden Devices and there were 3 grayed out devices in the list. Two of them were for printers I no longer have access to so I un

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My plug and play is still on running after 2.5 Hours

Hi Declan,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to stop the plug and play service and again start the service and check the status of this issue. Follow the steps below to stop the Plug and Play service.

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  Press Windows Key + R key
  
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  Type “Services.msc” and press Enter
  
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  Right click on Plug and Play and click on stop
  
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  Again start the service.
  

Hope the information helps. Please let us know if the issue persist and we will be happy to assist you further.

 

Computer Won't Auto Change the Playback Device When Headphones Plugged In/Out

Hi Michael,

I understand your concern and will be happy to assist you.

Is the issue specific to only Headphones/ Does External Speaker play when plugged in?

I suggest you to try resetting the default device as shown in the steps given below and check if the issue persists.

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  Plug in the Headphones in the machine.
  
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  Go to Start and Control Panel.
  
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  Select 'Hardware and Sound'.
  
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  Click 'Change system sounds'.
  
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  Click 'Playback' tab. (It should then show you your headphones in the list).
  
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  Select your proper Headphone device from the list, then Click 'Set Default'.
  
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  Now unplug your Headphones and select speakers from the list, then Click 'Set Default'.
  

Hope it helps. Please reply for further queries on this.

 

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