Laptop speaker issues

Hey there 😁
So, here's the deal—I've got this Dell Inspiron, and everything was cruising along fine with the Intel high definition audio drivers until I decided to hook the laptop up to my TV via a USB cable. When I plugged it in, the picture popped up on the screen just fine, but the sound stayed stuck on the laptop speakers. So, naturally, I hopped into the Device Manager, disabled the driver, toggled it back on, and boom—success. The sound finally switched over to the TV. Problem 😵😵
solved, right? Wrong. As soon as I unplugged the USB, the audio refused to play through the laptop speakers again. I had to pull that same "disable then enable" trick to get it working. Now, it’s become this annoying little ritual—every single time I shut down the laptop and turn it back on, I have to manually disable and re-enable the drivers just to hear anything at all. Anyone have a clue what's actually causing this glitch? Any real solutions out there? 🙏🙏

You checked your sound device settings yet? Default playback device? Switch it over to the USB, or just use the internal speakers.

William Richardson12 said:Did you check your sound device settings yet? Look at the default playback device—you gotta switch that over to the USB, or just use the internal speakers.

Wait, where exactly am I supposed to find those sound device settings?🙂🙂

Gregory Jones3 said:Where the hell do I find those sound device settings...🙂🙂

Check the taskbar. You've got the speaker icon on the right, just right-click that and hit playback devices...