In practice, it's a thrice-weekly Sisyphean gauntlet for my audio configuration, during which I'll frequently discover that Windows has lost track of what input and output devices are plugged into ...

Open the Device Manager. Expand the Sound video and game controllers branch. All the audio device drivers are listed there. Right-click on your audio device driver and select Uninstall device ...

If the audio device is disabled on your Windows 11/10 computer, try the following solutions: Enable audio device from Sound settings Configure your audio device Reinstall the sound card driver ...