Properly working Sound and Wi-Fi are the basic components for a seamlessly perfect user experience for a laptop user experience. Also, sometimes the user must update the windows of their device to enhance the user experience of the laptop. However, if there is a defect in any of them or both during the Windows update, the user of the device must face a lot of inconveniences. So, the writer will now discuss the reasons behind such defects and how the user can fix them. Let us first discuss the reasons behind the sound and Wi-Fi of a laptop not working properly.
Reasons Behind Sound and Wi-Fi of a Laptop
1. The update has corrupted the drivers:
The Windows updates come with the latest features and upgrades. Sometimes these updates and upgrades are not compatible with the old devices. Due to this, the components of a laptop like drivers may not work properly. In this case, the user experience is ruined. Hence the drivers are updated for sorting the issue.
2. The Windows updates have changed the settings related to sound and Wi-Fi:
The latest Windows updates may interfere with the functioning of the user’s device by changing the settings of the user’s devices. For example, Windows updates sometimes automatically turn off the Windows sound and Wi-Fi settings. This interferes with the practical user experience. However, the user can turn on these settings manually to avoid the discomfort.
3. The reason for the fault is unrelated to the update:
Sometimes the sound and Wi-Fi may not work properly due to reasons unrelated to the Windows update. For example, the components associated with the Sound and Wi-Fi are infected by the virus. The malware or virus can disable the sound and Wi-Fi settings. Due to this, the device’s user experience is impaired.
Since we have discussed the reasons behind the sound and Wi-Fi not working properly after the Windows update, let us now discuss the solutions to these problems.
Solutions to the problems in Sound and WiFi updates after the Windows update:
1. The user shall update the drivers of their laptop:
If the user has updated the windows of their laptop. It may not be possible to update the drivers with the new update. So, the user shall update drivers for the sound and Wi-Fi in the laptop. The user can take the following steps to update the drivers in Windows 10 on their laptop.
- The user shall first go to the device manager of their device.
- Then the user will press the Windows key + X on their device.
- The windows will appear as a menu in front of the user on their laptop. The user will have to select the device they want to update from the laptop’s device manager.
Then, the user will search for the device with the exclamation mark or the device not working properly on the laptop. - The user shall also search for the updated drivers automatically in the “update drivers” windows of the laptop. Moreover, Windows itself will find the driver software updates needed for the laptop of the user. The user can then easily install the corresponding drivers on their laptop.
- Sometimes Windows may fail to find any such drivers in the user’s laptop. In this case, the user manually downloads and installs the drivers on their laptop from the internet. The user shall preferably download the drivers from the manufacturer’s website itself.
- The user should restart the computer after downloading and installing the drivers to update the changes on their laptop.
2. The user should restart the laptop:
Sometimes as easy a step as restarting the user’s laptop may help. Drivers are reinstalled when the user restarts their computer. Hence, this may sort out the issue.
3. The user can check the settings of their laptop:
Sometimes the user can solve the problem by manually changing the settings associated with the sound and Wi-Fi drivers. It hardly takes a few minutes for the user to fix the problem. The user can check the sound and Wi-Fi settings in Windows 10 in the following ways:
- The user will select the Windows start button on the laptop. The user then clicks the gear icon in the lower-left corner of the start menu.
- The user will click on the settings menu of the windows of their laptop. The user will then look for the “system” option. The user will then select “sound” from the left-hand menu appearing on the screen of Windows 10 of the user’s laptop.
- The user must have reached the sound settings in the windows of their laptop. the user will now check the features like the volume levels. The users shall also ensure that the correct output device in the laptop is selected.
- There may also be the case that the sound is still not working properly on the user’s laptop. So, the user will now have to update the sound drivers of the laptop.
- The user can check the Wi-Fi settings by clicking on the “network and internet” option in the Settings window of the windows of the user’s laptop.
- The user shall look for the “status” option in the prompt on the user’s screen. This Status must show that the Wi-Fi of the user’s laptop is turned on. Also, the user’s laptop is connected to the correct network.
- Wi-Fi may still be having problems connecting the user. In this case, the user shall click on “Troubleshoot” under “status” to diagnose and fix the issue arising from the Wi-Fi in the laptop.
- The user can also reset the network settings. He/she shall click on the “network reset” under the “status” tab of the Windows interface.
- If the user has set both the sound and Wi-Fi settings of the laptop, the user shall test them again to ensure their effective working.
4. The user shall run the Troubleshooter in the windows of the device:
Moreover, the user must know that the windows of their laptop have built-in troubleshooters for sound and Wi-Fi components. Also, the user of the laptop shall run these troubleshooters to detect and fix any issues with these components. Hence, the user can take the following steps to run these Troubleshooters:
- The user of the laptop shall go to the settings of Windows 10 of their laptop. The user shall then click on the “update and security” option in Windows 10 of the user’s laptop-.
- The user shall then click on the “troubleshoot” option from the left pane of the interface of Windows 10 of the user’s laptop.
- The user shall select the kind of problem they are facing on the computer. There is a list of Troubleshooters available such as “internet connections” over “playing audio” in Windows 10 of the user’s laptop.
- Now the user shall run the Troubleshooter. The user can do so by selecting “run the Troubleshooter” from the menu appearing on Windows 10 of the user’s laptop. Then, the user shall follow the instructions provided by the Troubleshooter step by step as below on Windows 10 of the user’s computer.
- As soon as the Troubleshooter completes the diagnostic step, it will provide the user with a set of steps for resolving the issue.
5. The user shall scan the Windows 10 of their laptop for malware:
Users can scan Windows 10 for malware by opening the Windows security app of the Windows 10 of the user’s laptop. The user shall then click on the “virus and threat protection” under the “window security” menu. The user has the facility to choose a quick scan or full scan for the Windows 10 operating system of the laptop.
Let us now discuss the ways to prevent these issues with sound and Wi-Fi after a Windows update on the user’s laptop.
Prevent issues with sound and Wi-Fi after a Windows Update
The user can take the following steps in this matter:
- The user shall create a system restore point in Windows 10 on the laptop. This will permit them to restore the previous state of the system in case issues arise in the Windows 10 of the user’s laptop.
- The user shall check for driver updates available for the audio and Wi-Fi devices in Windows 10. The user can find these updates on the manufacturer’s website or through the device manager in Windows.
- The user shall disable automatic driver updates in the device installation settings of Windows 10 on the user’s laptop. There may be the case that Windows 10 is automatically updating the audio and Wi-Fi drivers to the incompatible versions of these drivers.
- The user has performed a clean boot of Windows 10 of the user’s laptop. This enables Windows 10 with a minimal set of drivers and a startup program. With this, the user can get an idea of any conflicts causing the issues in the sound and Wi-Fi of the user’s computer.
- The user shall roll back the driver update in the Windows 10 of the user’s laptop. This can be achieved by the window update history in the setting of the Windows 10 operating system on the user’s laptop.
The conclusion
Thus, the user can prevent issues with sound and Wi-Fi after Windows 10 updates by taking the relevant precautions. Users’ systems need to be updated as well for security and performance reasons So, the user shall install these updates regularly on the laptop. However, the user shall also take the relevant precautions to prevent any potential issues that impact the user’s experience of Windows 10.