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Recent content by Hiera

  1. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Im thinking that , ok if it cannot be uninstalled I will just keep it disabled. And if it gets enabled again well , then I will re do the process. At least calls keep working fine!! :D Thank you guys so much you are awesome! You have done in a few days what Dell customer service has not been...
  2. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    All right then I will leave Realtek alone :P Ok I diabled all those Dell and restarted . I tried to find anything related to Waves to uninstall but: I cannot find anything " Waves " on the control panel If I try with RevoUninstaller it shows no 'wave' items under the uninstaller tab nor...
  3. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Thats where I first looked but It wasnt on the list. Anyway I used RevoUninstaller to remove Waves MaxxAudio Pro, the register keys and the remaining associated folders. I restarted and check the system conf and I can still see it there ( still stopped yes but still there) and on the task...
  4. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Great going to try it straight away!
  5. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Thanks. I am trying to access the folder windowsapps to go and uninstall it but it seems I dont have permission to access it. I have tried to follow the steps that are mentioned here to change the ownership properties to get access. But it doesnt seem to let me after that...
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    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Hi ! Here is the results file from MiniToolbox Thanks
  7. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    That is correct. I have not re-enabled it since I finished the process and after another call a few minutes ago. It is still doing ok. Not really planning on doing it ;P , On the contrary how can I make sure I can completely remove Waves ? And also I would like to make sure Realtek doesnt keep...
  8. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Ok I have some results after doing the clean boot : I followed the steps and disable all the non Microsoft Services on the services tab and all the items on the task manager on the start up tab. I made a call and It was good. I gradually enabled all the items on the list testing the sound in a...
  9. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    Thank you for reopening the topic. I will do the clean boot tomorrow and let you know if I find any of the processes causing it. Laptop just sits on the table, no cooling tray or anything. They cleaned the laptop on the one of the visits to the repair center no more than 1 month ago.
  10. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    sorry I forgot the audio recording of this noise that has appeared..... should i be concerned you cannot hear it very loud but is that low cracking/static sound Cheers!
  11. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    All right, I have some updates for you all... and quite interesting, meaning that I dont understand what happened. But let me go step by step: Something has changed between Sunday and yesterday ( or well they day before yesterday because yesterday I didnt get the change to try anything) Today...
  12. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    I will try those 3 things one by one and let you know the results. I can only do it tomorrow so please kindly bare with me. Rgds
  13. Hiera

    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    I have uninstalled Realtek on the device manager and I have also check in the control panel that I dont have any Realtek audio. Went into the BIOS but i cannot find anything that looks related to Audio. I have attached picture of what I see as I might be overlooking it? ( Apologizes I am not...
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    Solved Specific sounds not heard on PC calls ( receivers side)

    If i do this, after computer restarts I have no output device at all. There is no High definition audio device at all .