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September 28th, 2019 07:00

15 R3, KB4517211 breaks Alienware Sound Center (A-Volute)

September 26, 2019—KB4517211 (OS Build 18362.387, Win 10 Pro version 1903)

After this optional Win 10 update is installed, A-Volute, a part of Alienware Sound Center, requires admin privileges to start upon Windows login.  Uninstalling the update is the only apparent way to stop the UAC prompt upon login.

Any ideas on how to stop the automatic A-Volute-related UAC prompt on login with update installed?

  • MachineStrength

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    Posted December 8th, 2019 17:00

    This issue has been completely fixed by latest version of Realtek Realtek ALC3266 (Version 6.0.8816.1, A09) audio driver.

    Kudos to Realtek and Dell/Alienware!

    Case closed.

  • MikeB2308

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    Posted September 28th, 2019 08:00

    Same problem after updating Win10 this morning....

  • MachineStrength

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    Posted September 28th, 2019 09:00

    I haven't tried reinstalling Alienware Sound Center (Realtek-ALC3266-Audio-Driver_HKN2C_WIN_6.0.8699.1_A08\RealtekHDAudio\Nahimic\AWSoundCenter.exe).

  • MikeB2308

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    Posted September 28th, 2019 10:00

    I just re-installed the sound driver as stated above. Same thing on re-boot.....NO CHANGE...

  • S E

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    Posted September 28th, 2019 11:00

    Me too. Dozens of popups even without rebooting or logging out. They point to "C:\Program Files\Alienware\AWSoundCenter\UserInterface\x64\AWSoundCenterSvc64.exe", which will eagerly create that popup if you double-click it. Or if you right-click and Run as Admin.

    It's not a permissions issue. It's got to be the registry. Dell's support website seems to be down and phone hold time is 45 min, but I'd really like to know if anyone has solved this. It's an old problem (there's a year old thread elsewhere) that apparently has multiple causes.

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  • JayRL777

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    Posted September 29th, 2019 10:00

    Same problem after installing latest Windows update.

  • Skidibidip

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    Posted October 1st, 2019 05:00

    For me it is because of the Asus Sonic Studio, Just Right click the app and go to properties, compatibility tab and check the "Run as Administrator" it solves for me

  • MikeB2308

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    Posted October 1st, 2019 07:00

    You have an Asus app on a Dell computer?

  • Szcz

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    Posted October 1st, 2019 15:00

    I was facing the same issue on my Alienware r4 17 post the update. There is another workaround this. You can disable the "AWSoundCenter" at startup and that stops the uac asking for permission when you boot the computer.

  • MikeB2308

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    Posted October 1st, 2019 18:00

    Thanks...