Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025 show Linux's market share growing ahead of a potential full SteamOS release for PC.
@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
11M

Every time I rebooted, I’d have to unpack a zip file and reinstall the audio drivers,

The OS would autoremove them?!

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
21M

It’s probably Windows update “fixing” you drivers by updating them to the Windows version because it is newer. I had to turn off Windows driver updates, because it kept updating my already fully working 5.1 Dolby digital driver to a newer one that only has dual channel audio, and it also broke the optional optical out my sound card supports (and has installed).

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
11M

Yeah, it was super fun. I tried reformatting, I bought a new drive and put new Windows on it and the same thing happened.

Create a post

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let’s Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)
  • 1 user online
  • 54 users / day
  • 314 users / week
  • 753 users / month
  • 3.1K users / 6 months
  • 1 subscriber
  • 6.23K Posts
  • 44.6K Comments
  • Modlog