If that’s not the case, time to hit Command Prompt. If that’s not the case, right-click them, select Properties, change the setting, press Apply then OK.Ĭheck if the issue got solved.

Make sure that the Startup of these 3 services are set to Automatic.

If it isn’t running, right-click it and choose Start.

Find the DCOM Server Process Launcher service.

Find the Remote Procedure Call ( RPC) service.

You may need to check your antivirus as well, sometimes that prevents these components from running. There are a couple of components that relate to audio services, and sometimes they glitch, causing the “audio services not responding” error. The next method will make sure that the audio components are running properly. If the error message didn’t clear, you need to look further.

Repeat Step 2-3 with Windows Audio Endpoint Builder.

Right-click it again, then choose Properties.

Find the Windows Audio service, right-click it and choose Restart.

Type “ services” in the Search bar, then click on Open to bring up Services manager.

Windows has a service called Audio which does nothing but manages sound and devices on your computer. There are a number of options you can try before having to do something drastic like reinstall Windows. Instead, it is very likely a Windows update that jumbled your audio services.

However, usually it is not the sound device that is faulty. It shows up in the Windows sound troubleshooter when a sound device is unresponsive. The “Audio services not responding” error is a very common one.

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