No audio and computer not picking up speakers

Hello, this is kind of urgent but I have a pair of Altec Lansing XT1 speakers that suddenly stopped working today. The audio just cut out. This has happened before but all I needed to do was unplug and plug in the speakers. This isn't the case right now. I've tried everything to fix this, but on the sound playback menu thing, it used to have Realtek HD sound device and the Altec Lansing device option but now those have disappeared and now I have speakers, headphones, and a microphone. I tried to connect them but my computer won't pick them up. I got an error 0xe0434352 from HP Audio Switch. What's going on with my speakers?

Click on the speaker on the taskbar, if at the end of the title there is an ^ click on it and pick a different title.

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I already tried that and it's not working. Maybe this might be fixed if I update my windows which is happening right now.

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Hi, I'm Ana M., an Independent Advisor. I would love to help you today.

I also recommend updating your audio drivers.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402844...

If the steps above don't work, follow these other steps:

- Press ‘Windows key + I’ together to open ‘Settings’.
- Click on ‘Update & Security’.
- Click on ‘Troubleshoot’.
- Click on ‘Playing audio’.
- Click on ‘Run the troubleshooter’.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix...

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Thanks for the help everyone! Reinstalled drivers and all of a sudden, poof! It works! I'll come back to this thread if I encounter the same problem again.

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Last updated April 18, 2025 Views 1,586 Applies to: