No sound after Windows update

You could try https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...eac-4566-867a-98d2761a770d/fix-sound-problems That site might work better in IE.

 

I think Win 10 sucks.

I still use 7 on my important computers.

 

I updated my computer to 10 last weekend from 7 now my shift keys don't work cannot enter any email addresses as can't make at symbol,
it is a real pain cannot update emails to log into many websites,
going to try changing my keyboard when I can get someone to dig my extra ones out of storage

 

I changed over because I had forgot my password on my computer,
also when my computer goes to sleep cannot get it to restart without doing a hard reboot,
ie; power off and then restart

 

There is a tool to recover your passwords. I guess it is to late now.

Turning off, Or changing power save mode may fix your new problem.

Good Luck.

 

I'm just seeing this now so I don't know if it will help. Sometimes function keys gets pressed at the same time as other keys and it messes up the keyboard. Makes other letters/numbers/symbols come out instead of what you are trying to type. To get it back to normal press the function (Fn) key and letter W or D or A or S. Essentially it switched game movement keys with the arrow keys but that messes up standard typing. Hope it helps.

 

I'm just now seeing this. This is a common problem with Windows 10 updates. To fix it, go into control panel, Sound, Playback tab, here you can change the sound option and set it as default until you find the one that works, or disable all audio devices showing except the one you know is your soundcard or onboard sound. It can take a few tries to find the one that works again depending how your pc is built. Windows is a pain, I go through this with every update.

 

If your computer came from the factory as a Windows 7, stop there, do not upgrade. If the computer started life as a Windows 8.1, no problem to upgrade . My Toshiba laptop went from 8.1 to 10 and only one problem arose out of it and many other Toshiba's had the same problem, when it woke up from "sleep mode", the screen would remain blank. The fix was I turned off sleep. My Windows 7 HP laptop does not have a enough horsepower for version 10.

If you're at Windows 10 the screen takes a bit to learn where everything is and I found it to be very confusing. I bought this program ($5) START10. I gives you a Windows 7 environment to navigate on your PC and you can switch back and forth between the look a like 7 and 10.

http://www.stardock.com/products/start10/

 

Windows 10 is trying to kill Windows 7. The older hardware will not work properly.

I have the auto update service disable on my 7 machines.

Win 7 still rocks for me. I like Linux too.

I do not like the cloud, It slows down my Dial-up internet connection and is not very secure.