Audio service is not running on Windows 10 after 1803 update
My audio stopped working this morning out of the blue. I had recently updated Windows 10 to version 1803 and have read a couple of articles that say it's somehow related to it. But it was working yesterday and I did the update a week ago without having any problems whatsoever.
I know that it's complaining about the services, and my best bet is to look at the windows services.msc, so I found out that Windows Audio was set to automatic but did not start. And whenever I try to start it, I get a 0x8007005: Access denied error.
Which then led me to another article and told me to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wcncsvc and change the permission to full grant. But I still am getting the access denied error anyways.
Is there a fix or am I forced to either downgrade, do a system restore, etc..?
had the same problem, the normal recommendation for restarting "windows audio" via services.msc didnt work for me. finally figured it out.
open services.msc find "Windows audio" right-click on it, properties->log on tab-> select "log on as local system account"
I tried:
- Starting the service
- Changing the audiosrv user
- Giving access permission to the service and various parts of the registry
- removing and re-installing the audio drivers
- removing hidden items in the device manager
- importing registry sections from other computers with working audio
Nothing helped (0x8007005: Access denied, later "Audio services not responding") Finally I found these:
net localgroup Administrators /add networkservice
and
net localgroup Administrators /add localservice
Enter them in elevated command prompt (run as Administrator) then reboot. Voi'la!
Found it here: Fix: Audio Services Not Responding Windows 10.
This is more of a work around than a fix but it works for me:
- Log in as a user with admin privileges
- Open notepad and type
NET START audiosrv - Save file in C:\ or somewhere you can find it easily, also make sure its saved as a batch file (enter
.batat the end of the name) - Open Task Scheduler
- Create Basic Task
- Type a name (e.g Audio Recovery) then Next
- Choose the option “when I log on” then Next
- Choose Start a program then Next
- Browse and select the batch file from earlier and Next
- Check the box and click Finish
- In the General tab, choose Run whether user is logged in or not
- In Triggers tab click Edit
- Change specific user to the affected user’s profile
- Choose to Delay task for 30 seconds and click OK
- Click OK again then log out and in and it should work