Ultrabook dell inspiron 14z sound does not work

My Ultrabook Dell Inspiron 14z with windows 8 is about a year and I had no problem. However, since July 11, when my system updated automatically update critical windows my sound has not worked. When I restart the laptop it starts working again, but not sure after how long (or if after connecting to the internet) it stops working again. In my sounds-> record, I saw that Microphone array is selected however microphone is disconnected (it has a red mark on it). Help, please.

We have recently seen many reports about this sort of thing. Countiss Forum member wrote that it is because of Microsoft...

«KB2962407 update, which which says it fixed "Shortened battery life when an inactive audio device is not turned off on a computer running Windows".»

You don't have to do a system restore to get rid the updates; easier to go to Windows Update, view update history. On the top of this screen, click installed updates. Then just right click the update you want to uninstall.

Found this fix on eightforums dot com".

Try that and see if it helps.

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