Solution for "There are no active mixer devices available" error

We never know when windows operating system starts to give problems. It will be working fine but right after system restart, it will start to give problem. This is a major problem of windows OS.



In the same way, i just switched on the system and browsed for a while then turned it off. After a while when i came and switched it on, sound was not activated. There were no system sounds, i was not able to play songs and etc... Then i re-installed my system drivers by thinking that the problem was with sound drivers. But i was wrong. The problem was with windows instability and bugs. Then i thought for while and ended up by a working solution.


Solution goes like this :-




  • Go to run or shortcut Ctrl+R.



  • Type services.msc



  • Find Windows Audio and then right click on it and select Properties.



  • In General tab,  check whether the service is Started or not. If stopped, then click on Start button.



  • Now go to Recovery tab and select "Restart the service" in all 3 fields namely First failure, Second Failure, Subsequent Failures.



  • Click on Apply and OK.


That's it :)