Regarding the "the audio service is not running" issue, please first try start the windows audio service by the steps below: 1. click the start button, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the search bar and press enter to start services.. The audio service is not running! hello im new to the forums and my audio service says it is not running. i've gone onto services.msc and it says windows audio endpoint builder has started but when i try to start windows audio it says windows cold not star the audio service on local computer.. You can fix the error "the audio service is not running" in windows 10 quite easily. right click on taskbar i task manager i services i open services i locate the.
Re: "the audio service is not running" uninstall the sound in the device manager, then restart the pc and windows (vista) will detect and reinstall the sound. if this does not fix it, reinstall the sigmatel sound drivers.. The audio service is not running. this issue is most common in windows 7, one of the most successful iterations of the windows operating system to have ever been created, but there is nothing standing in the way of this problem occasionally affecting other versions of the windows os.. 2.now locate the following services: windows audio windows audio endpoint builder plug and play. 3.make sure their startup type is set to automatic and the services are running, either way, restart all of them once again.. 4.if startup type is not automatic then double click the services and inside property window set them to automatic.. 5.make sure the above services are checked in msconfig.exe.