realtek hd audio manager update windows 10

Run your RealTek Audio installer and now reboot.

Click OK to start the uninstall process.

Click the Delete the driver software for this device option to delete the generic Windows driver.

On the Confirm Device Removal dialog box:.

Right-click RealTek High Definition Audio, and click Uninstall.

Expand the Sound, video and game controllers node in Device Manager.

Right-click the Windows Start button and choose Device Manager.

You can do the dance above all day long or hit the solution below.

Hey guess what, it’s time to reboot again! Now you really know where this is going (queue song: Round and Round…).

Once the RealTek process initiates after reboot it detects the generic Driver that was re-installed by Windows and says, whoa hey dude we have to uninstall this existing driver in order to move forward.

After rebooting, Windows identifies the missing driver and re-installs the generic driver from the local Driver Store before the RealTek install process launches and… you can probably see where this is going.

The RealTek installer removes the existing generic drivers installed by Windows Update and requests a reboot so it can replace in use files.

I used RealTek drivers supplied by Asus for my motherboard, and I tried drivers directly from RealTek.

So I tried updating my audio drivers to provide the expected quality of sound and control. And that, is not why I have these Mackie CR3 speakers! No matter how many times I re-installed the Windows drivers, tried to adjust audio settings or enhancements the result was the same – terrible sound quality. I would be fine with the generic Windows driver for audio, if they worked! In my case the Windows Drivers generated terrible sound quality & the only option to correct or adjust was via the Audio Enhancements feature – which was broken and had no affect. The install loop happens due to the new Windows 10 Driver Updates from Microsoft.

This happens with RealTek audio drivers from manufacturers like Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus or directly from RealTek. Issue: Attempting to install RealTek Audio Drivers for Windows 10 leads to an endless uninstall/install loop.

Realtek hd audio manager update windows 10