Windows 10: Windows 10 1909 Audio Issues?

Hi, I'm looking for some help with this audio problem I'm having. My problem is that certain sounds are too low while others are too high, and there is no bass. This happens while I'm on Youtube, watching a movie or playing video games . For example, lets say I'm playing a shooter and I fire my weapon. The sound would be extremely loud but everything else would be very quiet like characters talking, footsteps, ambience, etc. I feel like I've tried everything to fix it but nothing works. I tried updating audio drivers, loudness equalization barely helps, uninstalling and reinstalling the same audio drivers. This is a custom PC I got about a week and a half ago and I've been trying to figure this out since it arrived. I'm using a ASRock Z390 Pro4 motherboard on Windows 10 1909 update using Realtek High Definition Audio. I also tried resetting my entire computer but that didn't help either. Has anyone else had this issue and fixed it? I don't know much about these types of things and I'm kinda bummed out currently. The last thing I can think of that I haven't tried is updating my motherboard BIOS but I'm extremely scared that I might mess something up and I spent a lot of money on this computer. Everything else works fine on my PC except the sound problem. I'm willing to try things I've already tried again. Anythings helps.


PS: I had a problem similar to this with my previous PC. It happened after a Windows 10 update back in...September 2019? I remember I was using Windows 10 1803 and my sound was completely fine, it had good bass and audio with no issues whatsoever. Then it got updated to 1903 and I noticed immediately that my sound was muffled, it had very flat sounding audio and some sounds in general were either very low or very high. That problem was never solved but I was going to get a new PC anyway so I just dealt with it. I don't know if I'm just unlucky or if there is something going else on here. I don't even know if this is something I can fix or if I have to wait for a new Windows update to fix it.

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Windows 10 1909 Causes Secondary Hard Drive to not be Recognized

Installing the Windows 10 1909 Update causes my secondary hard drive to not be recognized.

Steps to confirm issue:

• Secondary drive not visible in Windows Explorer
• Secondary drive not visible in device manager
• Secondary drive not visible in disk manager

Steps to replicate issue:

• Installing 1909 update

Steps to resolve issue:

• Uninstall 1909 update

Since updates can only be delayed for so long, an actual fix would be appreciated.

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

 

Audio output issue - Windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.

• What is the make and model of the computer?
  

I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps listed in the articles listed below:

• Fix sound problems in Windows 10
  
• Windows 10 – Audio Troubleshooting Tips
  

If you’re facing sound issues on Envy 24 monitor speakers, you may try the steps listed in
HP Flat Panel Monitors - Troubleshooting Sound Problems with Monitor Speakers



If the issue persists, you may update the chipset drivers for your PC and check if it works.



Regards,