"No Audio Output Device Is Installed" AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!

PLEASE HELP ME. (helluva 1st thread)

About 2 months ago during a Windows Update, I was hit with this error on my laptop. I cannot fix it, therefore my HP laptop has no sound. I've tried everything including (but not limited to):

• updating sound drivers
• going through the 'add legacy hardware' & 'scan for hardware changes' options in device manager
• uninstalled sound drivers & rebooted
• tried the Windows help wizard
• tried the HP help wizard
• googled every relevant phrase I could think of & followed all suggestions
• downloaded and installed restoro to recover the driver files (never heard of it before)
• downloaded and installed Realtek audio drivers (these were not my defaults)
• tried command prompt commands
• and other shit that didn't work

This is my last resort.

I feel like there's an obvious solution I'm not seeing, so I'm putting my ego aside & asking for help. It would be humiliating to take my laptop to Geek Squad, they laugh, run a simple check, fix it then charge me.

If I gotta do it, I gotta do it. But I ask my fellow BHWers, please help a Black Hatter out.

I have an HP EliteBook Folio 9470m

Suh do Nym said:

I feel like there's an obvious solution I'm not seeing

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Oh man, I feel your pain trust me!

You are right, the solution is ALWAYS something "basic"!

I had these problems with audio for years and tbh, I don't know how I was fixing it because I was trying all possible solutions from my head and what I was able to find on the internet.

You should delete everything installed and start from scratch, I know... It sucks...

Is there any message/error you get?

MrDenz said:

Oh man, I feel your pain trust me!

You are right, the solution is ALWAYS something "basic"!

I had these problems with audio for years and tbh, I don't know how I was fixing it because I was trying all possible solutions from my head and what I was able to find on the internet.

You should delete everything installed and start from scratch, I know... It sucks...

Is there any message/error you get?

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Well....I've restarted a thousand times - following all these sites that say a simple restart will solve your problem.

Bitches.

Backup your stuff and reinstall windows. That would be easiest unless you have programs you can't recover or something

710fla said:

Backup your stuff and reinstall windows. That would be easiest unless you have programs you can't recover or something

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That is the absolute positive LAST RESORT. I realize it may come to this, but naturally I want to dodge this option until it becomes unavoidable. And necessary.