Microsoft has confirmed a brand new subject affecting Home windows 24H2 methods and inflicting sport audio to unexpectedly enhance to full quantity when utilizing USB DAC sound methods.
As the corporate defined in a help doc revealed on Tuesday, this recognized subject happens on Home windows 24H2 gaming methods the place affected players use a Artistic Sound BlasterX G6 USB digital audio converter (DAC) or connect after which instantly detach the exterior sound system from the system.
Customers may additionally expertise this subject after making their gaming system fall asleep after which manually waking it from sleep or after adjusting the quantity of the exterior sound system and instantly detaching it.
“If you use an exterior USB digital audio converter (DAC) sound system, you may expertise the sound stage growing to 100-percent,” Microsoft mentioned.
“There are not any error messages or different figuring out elements apart from the audio quantity is out of the blue elevated to 100-percent.”
This bug is brought on by what Microsoft describes as a timing downside within the AudioEndpointBuilder system service, which enumerates, initializes, and prompts the audio endpoints on Home windows methods.
The corporate says it is at the moment investigating the problem and dealing on a repair, with extra info to be offered when accessible.
This week, Redmond additionally acknowledged one other bug stopping customers from altering the time zone within the Date & Time view of Home windows Settings if they do not have administrative privileges on the machine.
Nevertheless, these affected can work round it by looking for and altering it from the Management Panel or by opening the corresponding window by working ‘timedate.cpl’ from the Run dialog (launched by urgent the Home windows key + R keyboard shortcut).
“Microsoft is actively investigating the problem and can present a decision in an upcoming Home windows replace,” the corporate mentioned.
Final week, it additionally pulled the November 2024 Trade safety updates over mail supply points and fastened a number of bugs inflicting Home windows Server 2025 blue screens and set up points.
