Latest windows update stole some of my system sounds, as well as toggle keys. It also made headphone audio behave very loud and compressed, added slight reverb and only goes back to normal after unplugging and reconnecting headphones.
The update did not touch audio, no Realtek driver was updated, but it's windows, so...
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Do not waste time saying 'Just use Linux.'
Not happening.
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Another update on the same laptop, sounds all back, audio no longer annoyingly compromised... No, I don't get it either but I'll take it.
@FreakyFwoof Totally agree, I had a brief spell where Treehouse Radio and everything related to it was on it's own server rather than being hosted, fucking nightmare.
@darrenhartland For servers, Linux is the way to go but me having a windows update issue, saying 'Just use Linux' is fucking not the answer.
@FreakyFwoof @darrenhartland I do use Linux at home, but often my Windows Whinings are about work's computer where I can't use Linux, wouldn't want to, and don't get the choice about using horrible Microsoft Products that are now flakier than ever (I suspect they are vibecoding now).
@FreakyFwoof Don't use Linux.
@lerven Happy to *not* do that, yep.
@FreakyFwoof Just don't use a computer running any OS other than the one that starts with L, contains an u, i and n in the middle and ends with an x. :P
@jonathan859 Hahaha I shall take that under advisement.
@FreakyFwoof This so this!
@FreakyFwoof Have the same audio issues on my work laptop.
@KyleBorah What is your laptop? Mine's a Lenovo Thinkpad. I don't think that matters necessarily but I'm curious anyway.
@FreakyFwoof It’s a Dell precision 3591 running windows 11 23h2. It usually happens when I restart NVDA.
@FreakyFwoof Good bug reports. Let me test your claims against the relevant codebase assets and come up with a decisive fix. Lol I know, I suck at talking like an AI.
@seedy60 i already tried running that through codex and it had no idea either. It didn't try to fake a pleasing answer, which I was glad to see. It's a weird one.
@FreakyFwoof Are you using RealTek? Thankfully the update went smoothly on this Lenovo LOQ, but then again I'm using a Razer headset with 2.4GHz wireless.
@seedy60 The audio is Realtek yes, but the wlan card is Intel.
@FreakyFwoof wow those are all strange. I wonder if the general audio-processing-object framework thingy they recently rolled out is not behaving well with your system. It sneakily installed alongside it on my laptop at least. Under audio processing objects. So I suppose Microsoft or partners can update those separate of the base Realtek drivers now. Yay more convolution.
@FreakyFwoof I don't miss that damn Realtek driver. I have a mini PC and uses Seneri Audio. I guess its an off brand of driver.
@FreakyFwoof Glad its back.