Windows Audio Service won't start

lpfan420 · 23 Dec 2013

Kaktussoft said:

SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

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windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations.

Kaktussoft · 23 Dec 2013

lpfan420 said:

I have forgotten how to get to the registry

just run regedit

Kaktussoft · 23 Dec 2013

The Service Control Manager will generate an event if a service does not respond within the defined timeout period (the default timeout period is 30000 milliseconds). To resolve this problem, use the Registry Editor to change the default timeout value for all services.

In the Registry Editor, click the registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
In the details pane, locate the ServicesPipeTimeout entry, right-click that entry and then select Modify.Note: If the ServicesPipeTimeout entry does not exist, you must create it by selecting New on the Edit menu, followed by the DWORD Value, then typing ServicesPipeTimeout, and clicking Enter.
Click Decimal, enter the new timeout value in milliseconds (i prefer 120000), and then click OK.
Restart the computer.

lpfan420 · 23 Dec 2013

Still did not correct the issue. i got the following 2 errors

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 12/23/2013 12:20:00 PM
Event ID: 7009
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Hunter-PC
Description:
A timeout was reached (120000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Windows Audio service to connect.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7009</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-12-23T20:20:00.653254400Z" />
<EventRecordID>181071</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="704" ThreadID="708" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Hunter-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">120000</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Windows Audio</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 12/23/2013 12:20:00 PM
Event ID: 7000
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Hunter-PC
Description:
The Windows Audio service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7000</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-12-23T20:20:00.653254400Z" />
<EventRecordID>181072</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="704" ThreadID="708" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Hunter-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">Windows Audio</Data>
<Data Name="param2">%%1053</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Kaktussoft · 23 Dec 2013

I asked you for the regedit screenshot... but I forgive that error ;-)

I see this now:
A timeout was reached (120000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Windows Audio service to connect.
120 seconds is a long wait.... even that didn't fix it. Longer is absurd. All dependencies are running fine.

Did you add or modify the ServicesPipeTimeout entry in registry? If you did add it.... remove it again. If you did modify it... put it back to 30000 so value it had. you can reboot (or do that later)

lpfan420 · 23 Dec 2013

I have removed the ServicesPipeTimeout entry. Problem still not resolved

lpfan420 · 29 Dec 2013

Since there has been no response does that mean i am beyond the help of the Senior members?

matts6887 · 29 Dec 2013

Little more info is needed here; like Kak mentioned; how long has this been going on for?

lpfan420 · 29 Dec 2013

I don't know exactly how long but I did a restore from December 17 and I still have the problem.

waffles87 · 25 Feb 2015

I realize this thread is old but I just encountered this problem, and none of the above solutions helped. The problem was that I installed a new motherboard that came with a disk full of drivers and monitoring programs (and Norton antivirus); they all seemed like they would be helpful so I installed all of them. So in total there were two related to audio. I uninstalled both of them and this problem went away. As soon as I rebooted, my speakers installed drivers automatically and then audio started working; seems like whatever these things were they were preventing my speakers' drivers from being installed, but the visible symptom was the Windows Audio Service failing to start properly.

Anyway thought I'd post this on the off-chance it helps anyone.