Saturday, October 22, 2016
How to enable sound in Safe mode
How to enable sound in Safe mode
Safe mode starts Windows with a limited set of files and drivers. Startup programs dont run in safe mode, and only the basic drivers needed to start Windows are installed.
Safe mode is useful for troubleshooting problems with programs and drivers that might not start correctly or that might prevent Windows from starting correctly. If a problem doesnt reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes.
Safe mode is useful for troubleshooting problems with programs and drivers that might not start correctly or that might prevent Windows from starting correctly. If a problem doesnt reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes.
Objective:- the objective of writing this article is to tell you how to enable sound in safe mode which is not by default enabled in safe mode.Sometimes we need to enable sound in safe mode while doing troubleshooting as services of sound device either have a conflict with any other services in normal mode or any Malware or virus stop services for sound from loading or running properly.
After reading this article you would be able to enable sound in safe mode so in other words you would be able to play audio songs in safe mode.
How to enable sound in safe mode
When the computer is in safe mode, the Windows Audio service isn’t started so you would not be able to play any sound that might have been caused by any other driver or software which is conflicting with sound driver or the security software or may be any malware or viruses.So in this case you might want to check if the sound is coming in safe mode but you could not do that as the Audio service and drivers are not loaded.So thats the time we are going to use this troubleshooting steps to start the windows Audio service in safe mode to enable sound in safe mode .
So to start any service in safe mode you have to first make it a safe service by adding the name of the service in safe mode services load list and then starting the service in safe mode.
But if you want to start the service of any hardware device in safe mode whose drivers are not loaded in safe mode by default, you would also need to make the driver of that hardware load in safe mode by adding its drivers key in safe mode driver list.
To know the driver key of any hardware
Step 1. Open the device manager by typing Devmgmt.msc at run.
Step 2. Go to the Device type and expand it by clicking on the triangle or the plus sign and then right click on the device you want to load driver for in safe mode.As we have right clicked on the Realtech High Definition Audio in the picture below.
Step 3. Click on the properties and go to the details tab select Driver Key under property drop down list and it will show you the value of Driver key.Make a note of the value by copying it to a notepad.
To Enable sound in Safe Mode
But if you want to start the service of any hardware device in safe mode whose drivers are not loaded in safe mode by default, you would also need to make the driver of that hardware load in safe mode by adding its drivers key in safe mode driver list.
To know the driver key of any hardware
Step 1. Open the device manager by typing Devmgmt.msc at run.
Step 2. Go to the Device type and expand it by clicking on the triangle or the plus sign and then right click on the device you want to load driver for in safe mode.As we have right clicked on the Realtech High Definition Audio in the picture below.
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| Enable sound in safe mode |
Step 3. Click on the properties and go to the details tab select Driver Key under property drop down list and it will show you the value of Driver key.Make a note of the value by copying it to a notepad.
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| Enable sound in safe mode |
To Enable sound in Safe Mode
Step 1. Go to run and type Regedit to open registry editor.
Step 2. In Registry Editor Navigate to the following location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSafeBoot
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| List services in safe mode with networking |
Step 3. Now if you expand SafeBoot key here you would find two sub keys named minimal and network so the minimal is for normal safe mode and network is for safe mode with networking.Here you have to expand the one according to your environment you are logged into if you have started the computer in safe mode with networking then expand Network otherwise minimal.
Step 4. Now here under Network create a key to load the driver of sound by right clicking on it and selecting new --> Key and copy the Driver Key after removing 007 and Replaing all lower-case letters with capital letters and paste it into the key name as shown in the picture below.
Step 5. Now on the right side edit the (Default) key and type the device type name as for me it would be Sound, video and game controllers.
Step 7. Now to start the sound in safe mode you also need to enable all of its dependent services which are AudioEndpointBuilder, MMCSS and Audiosrv.So create a new key called AudioEndpointBuilder, MMCSS and Audiosrv
Edit all their (Default) keys and type Service.
Step 8. Now restart the computer and type the following command line on the command prompt run as administrator to finally start the Audio services in safe mode.
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
net start MMCSS
net start Audiosrv
And the sound is enabled in safe mode now.You can now go ahead and play a songs in safe mode.
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| Audio driver in safe mode |
Step 5. Now on the right side edit the (Default) key and type the device type name as for me it would be Sound, video and game controllers.
Step 7. Now to start the sound in safe mode you also need to enable all of its dependent services which are AudioEndpointBuilder, MMCSS and Audiosrv.So create a new key called AudioEndpointBuilder, MMCSS and Audiosrv
Edit all their (Default) keys and type Service.
Step 8. Now restart the computer and type the following command line on the command prompt run as administrator to finally start the Audio services in safe mode.
net start AudioEndpointBuilder
net start MMCSS
net start Audiosrv
And the sound is enabled in safe mode now.You can now go ahead and play a songs in safe mode.
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