It’s dumb, but sometimes windows refuses to acknowledge that audio can work if you don’t have an audio device currently “active”.
On my old computer I just plugged a headphone extender into the back and that fixed it, since it saw there was a connected audio device, even though there weren’t even headphones attached.
I’m sure there was a better fix, but a cable on the back wasn’t really bothersome.
It’s dumb, but sometimes windows refuses to acknowledge that audio can work if you don’t have an audio device currently “active”.
On my old computer I just plugged a headphone extender into the back and that fixed it, since it saw there was a connected audio device, even though there weren’t even headphones attached.
I’m sure there was a better fix, but a cable on the back wasn’t really bothersome.