Unfortunately they are hidden away.Īs a side note, the GPO settings mentioned a few posts prior will affect what is available to change under 'Date and Time', but in most instances are by default unlocked.

You will find a lot more settings easier to manage if you skip the new metro version of the settings and just locate the old school version. How to Enable or Disable a Sound Output Device in Windows 10. This is caused by the 'Windows Audio' service being disabled. Problem: When trying to change the Sound Playback and Sound Recording devices on the 'Audio' tab of the Windows XP 'Sounds and Audio Devices' control panel, the options are grayed out. Windows 10 Sound settings can also be accessed from the Control Panel or simply by searching Sound. Options are grayed out in the 'Sounds and Audio Devices' control panel on Windows XP. As far as I can see the minimal apparent changed in 8.1 don't justify the hassle of no sound, I have already spent far too much of my time on this. From your Windows taskbar, right-click the sound icon and select Playback devices.

I suspect the key culprit is when the system is domain joined, the default GPO sets the time server as the domain controllers - which is good! (don't change this!), so this is the settings that shows it as 'managed by your organization' in The Realtek HD Audio Manager has a drop-down menu for 'Set Default Device but this is Grayed out.

The issue is that if you have a GPO that restricts any part of the time changing then the Windows 10 Metro view of the time settings are grayed out completely. So if you go to the settings via right clicking the time in the tray and choose Adjust date/time,īUT, If you go via the old school control panel, then Date and Time, you can access and change the portions you need to that remain unlocked.

Windows 10 sound set default greyed out