So, I’m on my work laptop trying to stream my music from SubSonic (will write an article up later) when all of a sudden, I realize nothing is playing. I click the volume control icon, and a status message tells me that there’s is no Audio Hardware installed.

First thing I do, is access Control Panel > Audio Hardware, where it tells me “No Audio Hardware”. Strange. This was working last night.

I decided to check the Windows Services Console and check the Windows Audio service.
Start -> Run -> “services.msc”

Lo and behold, Windows Audio service is not on. Ding Ding Ding!

Now to listen to some John Mayer err… Ke$ha Music.