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  1. Windows 10 - From "Audio Service is Not Running" to Audio Service missing from services.


    So early this morning I woke up and opened my PC in the hopes of attending my online classes. I then noticed that my speaker icon on the bottom right of the taskbar had a red X on it. Hovering over it, it says, " Audio Services not running".Checking the service list from services.msc, I found that my Windows Audio wasn't running, with a description saying, "failed to read description, error code: 193."Being a college student in a hurry, I scavenged the internet and also asked ChatGPT premium with questions and possible solutions, one of them being that I could download a backup file of audiosr

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    Cyrrus Jericho Bragas, Jan 23, 2025
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  2. The audio service is not running?!

    Hello Abu,

    Thank you for keeping us posted on the status of the issue. I would like to assist you further from here.

    Please refer to the below steps to start the Audio service and cherck if it helps to resolve the issue

    • Open Control Panel and select Administrative Tools, then View Local Services
    • Look for "Windows Audio" NOT "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder"

      [Just click on any service, then press the letter "W" on your keyboard, it will take you to the services starting with the "w" letter]
    • Right click on the "Windows Audio" service and choose "Properties"
    • You will see 4 tabs, click on the last one, labeled "Dependencies"
    • In that tab, you will see the "This service depends on the following system components" box, it displays 3 services.

      Beside each service there is a "+" icon, click on it to expand the list. The 2nd service will have 2 child services, the 3rd service will have 1 child service.
    • Now make sure that all the 6 services (3 main, 3 child) have the "Started" status in the "Services" window you opened earlier.
    • Most probably you will find one of those services are not running, just start all of them, then try to start the "Window Audio" service from the "General" tab.

    However, if the issue is still unresolved, I would suggest you to
    check if the same issue occur when logged in through a different user account.

    Ref:
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-set-up-accounts


    Hope this helps.
     
    Sayan_Ghosh, Jan 23, 2025
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  3. After running Audio troubleshooter error: 'one or more audio service isn't running'

    Hi Peter,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

    As you receive the error message: 'one or more audio service isn't running', this might have occurred due to the audio services.

    I suggest you to restart the service, set it to automatic and check if it helps.

    Step 1: Stop the Windows Audio service.

    • Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
      services.msc
      , Services window gets opened.
    • Search for Windows Audio service, right click on it and click on
      Stop.
    • Restart the computer.

    Step 2: Start the service and set it to automatic:

    • Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
      services.msc
      , Services window gets opened.
    • Search for Windows Audio service, right click on it and click on
      Properties.
    • Start the service, set
      Startup type to Automatic.

    Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.
     
    Deepika Gowda, Jan 23, 2025
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  4. Windows 10 - From "Audio Service is Not Running" to Audio Service missing from services.

    audio services not responding

    Thanks for the feedback. Let's ensure that your audio services are enabled and running. Please follow these steps:

    • In the Cortana search, type in Services.
    • Click Services (Desktop app) in the search results.
    • Under Services (Local), look for the following:
    • Plug and Play
    • Windows Audio
    • Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
    4. Right-click Plug and Play and click Properties.

    5. Set the Startup type to Automatic, and Service status should be
    Running. If it's not running, click on Start > Apply > OK.

    6. Do the same with the Windows Audio and Windows Audio Endpoint Builder.

    7. Restart the PC to apply the changes.

    Update us with the result.

    Regards.
     
    Vanessa Yar, Jan 23, 2025
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