drivers - Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Audio Devices Disabled on Startup
2014-07
Canuk
I have a fresh install of Windows Multipoint Server 2012. When I first boot, and look at the device manager, the audio output devices are there, proper drivers and everything, just disabled. I can manually enable it and the audio works fine. After I enable the audio device and reboot, it is once again disabled. There doesn't appear to be any conflict, but it just boots up with the audio device disabled.
How can I make the audio device start enabled on boot?
Running a Dell XPS 7800, Quad-core i7, 24 GB RAM.
Canuk
I found this related question: Enable/disable Windows 7 device via command line and used DevManView to enable the audio via the command line using batch file on startup. I realize that this is not solving the root problem, but it is an effective work-around.
Here's how I did it.
- Download DevManView (Making sure to download the x64 version and unzip it into
c:\Utilities) - create
enable_audio.cmdwith one line:c:\Utilities\devmanview.exe /enable "Realtek High Definition Audio"(your device name may vary, it just needs to be spelled exactly as it appears in the Device Manager) - Create a task in the Task Scheduler to run on startup whether logged in or not.
Now on startup, Windows Server will boot and enable the audio device.
Tony
I installed windows server 2012 last night on my home "server". I use server loosely. From the get go I had display and graphic issues. The image was fuzzy and jumbled up during the install. This continued once booted into the install.
I did installed Server 2012 twice now as the first time, I only installed "core". I know this is not a busted graphics card because it worked fine in Win7, during boot, and fine in "core" mode. Once booted into "GUI" install of Server 2012, the image was messed up again.
To make things even more weird, the windows "loading" screen looks fine. Once the login screen appears the image is fuzzy and jumbled.
My guess was that it was a driver issue. I did try to install the win8 x64 drivers from nvidia. This caused the system to become unbootable and I had to restore to a previous working point and uninstall the driver.
I did try two different monitors and cables. Also both ports on the back of the video card.
I did manage to get RDP running and that works fine. I rarely work directly on this machine but it would be nice to have the option back.
Geforce 210, AMD 4600+, 4 gigs of ram.