How do you make sound work on safe mode on computer?

Answer 1

It is possible to make sound work on Safe Mode.

1. Press Windows + R, type devmgmt.msc, press Enter and look for your sound device. (e.g. Reatlek High Definition Audio) Double-click it.
2. Go to the tab 'Details' and click the drop-down list. Select 'Driver key' and copy the text from 'Value'
3. Copy the text into a word processor (e.g. Notepad)
4. Replace all lower-case letters with capital letters and remove the \0000.
5. Open Registry Editor (Windows + R > regedit) and locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network.
6. Create a new key (Rightclick > New > Key)
7. Copy the text from your word processor and paste it into the key name.
8. Edit the '(Default)' key and type 'Sound, video and game controllers'.
9. Create a new key called 'AudioEndpointBuilder', 'MMCSS' and 'Audiosrv'
10. Edit all their '(Default)' keys and type 'Service'.
11. Restart your computer
12. Go to Services (Windows + R > services.msc) and start Multimedia Class Scheduler and Windows Audio Endpoint Builder.
13. Then start Windows Audio Service

This has been tested and functioning properly on an Acer Aspire desktop. This workaround may not work with Windows XP.

Answer 2

You cannot enable sound in Safe Mode, nor do you have any reason to. The purpose of Safe Mode is to run in a failsafe environment where you can repair problems that prevent you from running Windows normally. Sound is both unnecessary for most diagnostics and is a potential source of problems in itself. You should thus focus on using Safe Mode to restore normal functionality, not trying to add functionality to Safe Mode.

Answer 3

You don't. The entire purpose of Safe Mode is to diagnose and fix problems with your computer. Sound is disabled because it is unnecessary and in fact complicates the procss, particularly if the problem is with the sound card itself.