If you see a No audio devices found message, then your Realtek audio driver is crashing randomly in Windows 11/10. If you face this issue, then this post will help you.

If your Audio Input and Output devices are uninstalled upon restart in Windows 11/10, follow this guide to fix the problem once and for all.

The solution is to disable "Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup when no input device is present" in the Bluetooth pane of System Preferences.

In practice, it's a thrice-weekly Sisyphean gauntlet for my audio configuration, during which I'll frequently discover that Windows has lost track of what input and output devices are plugged into ...