Audio Volume Problems after SP2 on Vista

Audio Volume Problems after SP2 on Vista

After installing Service Pack 2 (on top of Service Pack 1) onto my Vista machine, I now seem to have a loudness problem with all the audio devices on my PC. Even with the knob turned all the way up on the speaker amplifier and even after adjusting the volume levels in the control panel for the sound cards and applications there....even with everything cranked up, the system only gets moderately loud. I used to be able to make it shake the walls if I wanted to. I would expect a hardware issue, except that it affects my USB headsets as well and it started happening immediately after SP2 was installed.

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"I had the exact same problem (using Vista Ultimate x64) after the Vista SP2 update. After I upgraded my audio drivers ( Creative SB X-Fi and Realtek High Definition Audio), my problem got fixed.

Here are the steps I followed:

Control Panel --> Classic View --> System --> Device Manager
In Device Manager, under ""Sound, video and game controllers""
Right click on each entry and choose ""Update Driver Software...""
and follow prompts. Choose the ""Search automatically for updated driver software""
followed by ""Yes, always search online (recommended)"" to make life easy.

Hope this helps."