- Microsoft has confirmed a bug is taking out audio on some PCs
- It’s affecting all variations of Home windows 11, and in addition Home windows 10, primarily hitting those that use a DAC with their PC setup
- A repair is within the pipeline, we’re instructed
Microsoft has confirmed that Home windows 11 has an audio bug (that we reported on yesterday), a glitch which may take out the PC’s sound fully, and it’s now clear that this impacts a number of Home windows variations.
Which means not simply these on Home windows 11 24H2 (an replace that’s nonetheless rolling out), however individuals working 23H2 and 22H2, and in addition Home windows 10, making this an unusually widespread bug to say the least.
This drawback was first observed by Home windows Newest and is lurking throughout the January 2025 cumulative updates for these OS variations.
The tech website bumped into the problem after they put in the January replace for Home windows 11 (24H2), whereupon the audio on their PC instantly stopped working.
Apparently, this bug primarily impacts these with use an audio DAC (digital-to-analog converter) connected by way of USB, however it will probably occur to any unfortunate Home windows 11 (or 10) consumer who grabs the most recent patch.
As Home windows Newest noticed, Microsoft has confirmed the problem, stating that: “After putting in this safety replace, you would possibly expertise points with USB audio gadgets. You usually tend to expertise this situation in case you are utilizing a USB 1.0 audio driver-based DAC in your audio setup.”
Sadly, there isn’t a repair, and the one option to keep away from your audio being torpedoed is to take away the exterior DAC (assuming you’re utilizing one, and that is what’s inflicting the issue). In different phrases, simply plug the audio machine instantly into your PC, as an alternative of by way of the DAC.
Microsoft additional notes: “We’re engaged on a decision and can present an replace in an upcoming launch.”
Evaluation: An replace oddity certainly
That is an odd one for a few causes. Firstly, it’s uncommon to see a bug disrupting each accessible model of Home windows 11, and Home windows 10 as effectively – that represents an alarming across-the-board clattering of dominoes.
Secondly, the January replace doesn’t carry something in the best way of recent options (to any of those OS variations). It’s a really easy patch making use of safety fixes, and that’s all. So, it actually shouldn’t be inflicting any points, however clearly, it’s.
Why? Nicely, your guess is pretty much as good as mine, however if you wish to hear my stab-in-the-dark, it’s that somebody has been tweaking one thing deep within Home windows as a part of these safety measures. Why do I say that? On condition that the bug is current throughout all variations, going again to Home windows 10, it absolutely should have been an previous, core a part of the working system codebase that was tweaked (and broke one thing).
Regardless of the case, that is one more trouble for Home windows 11 customers, significantly these on 24H2, a few of who’ve been experiencing a really arduous time of it currently, with a seemingly relentless stream of bugs crawling within the basic course of these customers. Most lately, that features one other audio bug, and an entire bunch of nastiness that has been visited on PC players in a single kind or one other.
Are a few of these 24H2 customers getting very fed up? I’d say that’s possible, significantly the players, however hopefully the teething troubles attributable to what I presume is the under-the-hood transition to the Germanium platform (launched with 24H2, and a key ingredient for Copilot+ PCs) will quickly begin to calm down.
Within the case of this audio bug, although, clearly it has nothing to do with Germanium seeing its widespread presence outdoors of 24H2. With a bit of luck, the promised repair from Microsoft received’t take lengthy.
