Microsoft has confirmed a brand new subject affecting Home windows 24H2 techniques and inflicting sport audio to unexpectedly improve to full quantity when utilizing USB DAC sound techniques.
As the corporate defined in a help doc revealed on Tuesday, this recognized subject happens on Home windows 24H2 gaming techniques the place affected avid gamers use a Inventive 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.
“When you use an external USB digital audio converter (DAC) sound system, you might experience the sound level increasing to 100-percent,” Microsoft stated.
“There are no error messages or other identifying factors other than the audio volume is suddenly increased to 100-percent.”
This bug is attributable to what Microsoft describes as a timing downside within the AudioEndpointBuilder system service, which enumerates, initializes, and prompts the audio endpoints on Home windows techniques.
The corporate says it is at the moment investigating the problem and dealing on a repair, with extra data to be offered when obtainable.
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 system.
Nonetheless, these affected can work round it by trying to find and altering it from the Management Panel or by opening the corresponding window by operating ‘timedate.cpl’ from the Run dialog (launched by urgent the Home windows key + R keyboard shortcut).
“Microsoft is actively investigating the issue and will provide a resolution in an upcoming Windows update,” the corporate stated.
Final week, it additionally pulled the November 2024 Change safety updates over mail supply points and mounted a number of bugs inflicting Home windows Server 2025 blue screens and set up points.
