Windows 10: Audio Driver Problem : Intel high definition Audio Driver

Hello,I have been having problems with this audio driver.For some reason, no audio is coming out of my laptop. So I went to the device manager, looked at the drivers, and saw that the Intel high-definition Audio Driver was under Other drivers and also had there error icon next to it. I tried to update the driver, and it said, " No Driver has been found. Please contact the people who made it or download it from their website." So I went to the Intel website for Windows 10 and 11, pressed install, and I got this. This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The

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Intel High Definition Audio Driver

I had this exact same problem after downloading the first cumulative update and some drivers a few days after installing version 1809. The old driver should still be kept on your system; you shouldn't need to download anything. What makes this problem especially
confusing is that, (at least in my case) it needs a "Realtek High-Definition Audio" driver, because the actual hardware was made by Realtek Semiconductors, and is merely based on an Intel standard. The procedures I used are:

1. Go to Devices and Printers in the Control Panel
2. right click on your computer's name and click properties
3. click the hardware tab, the malfunctioning device should be at the top of the list (indicated by something like a yellow triangle in the bottom right corner of its icon)
4. click properties for the malfunctioning device
5. in the individual device property window click change settings
6. go to the driver tab and click update driver
7. Click the second option browse my computer, then click let me pick
8. under manufacturer select Realtek, then select Realtek High-Definition Audio and continue with driver installation

This should reinstall the original Realtek High-Definition Audio
driver.

 

Intel High Definition Audio Driver

When I press the volume keys on my keyboard there is no display indicating this, and there is no sound through the laptop or the headphones. When I clicked on the volume icon a window opened and automatically scanned for hardware changes, detecting that
there had been none. In the device manager under other devices, Intel High Definition Audio, it says that the drivers are not installed for this device, and that ther are no compatible drivers for this device. I clicked on update drivers and was told there
were none for this device. I then went to the control panel and under the sound menu it says that there are no audio devices installed. What happened? The sound was working fine one minute and now it does not even exist on my laptop. I have tried the Intel
Driver and Support Assistant, but it did not detect any needed drivers for Intel High Definition Audio or that is is even present on my laptop, which it is on device manager. And only Intel Display Audio was even acknowledged on the driver update assistant.
What can I do know?

 

Intel High Definition Audio is not working.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Audio-Driver-Error

Solved the problem for me.

Device Manager->System Devices->Intel Smart Sound Audio Controller (or similar)

Roll Back to "High Definition Audio Controller"

Right Click-> Update Driver

Browse My Computer for driver software

Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer

Select "High Definition Audio Controller" Next

Once installed reboot and problem should be solved.