I just purchased this computer which has Windows 11 and every time I start Blender, it knocks out my sound driver. I am unable to use or hear sound in Blender. I have gone through replacing divers, updates on all programs, firmware up to date, gone through every step tech people for Windows has had me talk to and still, the only way for me to get my audio to work again is to restart my computer.
There are no special settings in the blender.
This should be resolved in Windows settings.
If you are using multiple audio devices, you must specify the output device in the volume mixer.