The company added that the bug trashes audio on Windows 10 version 1803 or above, but there’s a workaround. Microsoft says that the Intel audio driver was incorrectly pushed to devices and the company has already pulled the driver from Windows Update.

Microsoft acknowledged the audio problems on Windows 10 and the company revealed that a botched Intel driver update was accidentally pushed out yesterday that disabled the audio on some configurations. Microsoft acknowledges audio problems with recent updates If the issue persists, manually download the new drivers from the manufacturer’s website after removing the botched audio driver.

Click action in the top menu and click Scan for hardware changes.

A uninstall pop-up message would appear and you can ignore the warning, and click Uninstall.Right-click Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller and select Uninstall device.Right-click the Start button and select ‘Device Manager’.To fix the error on HP PCs, follow these steps: HP also shared a workaround and the company is recommending users to uninstall the incorrect driver to fix audio problems. HP has acknowledged that there is a problem that may prevent HP computers from using the audio devices. Fix “No Audio Output Device Is Installed” error on HP devices In the above format, replace oemXXXX.inf with the driver name/version that you discovered earlier. Pnputil /delete-driver oemXXXX.inf /uninstall Once you have discovered the driver, run the following command in Command Prompt or PowerShell: Make sure that you locate the correct driver name otherwise you might remove the wrong driver, which could disable other features on Windows 10. In the above Command Prompt page, you would need to locate “oemXXXX.inf”. Signer Name: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.Look for the section highlighting these details:

A whole bunch of drivers will be listed and you will see something similar to the above screenshot.

In Command Prompt, type “pnputil /enum-drivers” (without quotes).

Open Start menu, type cmd and right-click Command Prompt from the list and run as administrator.

To fix audio output errors using Command Prompt, follow these steps: Fix “No Audio Output Device Is Installed” error using Command Prompt

No audio output device installed