PC Audio - Microsoft Bug
Simon Brown • January 30, 2025
Microsoft admits bug that kills PC’s audio

As reported on TechRadar, Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 has an audio bug (that we reported on yesterday), a glitch which can take out the PC’s sound completely, and it’s now clear that this affects multiple Windows versions.
It's hit my development system, audio now always plays on a monitor's speakers, not my nice Edifier speakers through my external Behringer DAC.
I would like to point out that it's not funny!

After too much grief, I've decided to stop using Wi-Fi to connect the small NUC systems in the computer room to my network: DX Cluster (Ubuntu) SDR Server (Windows) User Forums (Windows) These servers are in constant use, causing the wireless transmitter on my TP-Link AX50 to fail. By switching over to a wired network there's less demand on the wireless transmitter and the whole network has become far more reliable. In future I will only use Wi-fi when there's no alternative. I'm keeping a spare router ready just in case the AX50 fails.