# Vista Home Premium Audio Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-home-premium-audio-question/402928 "2007-05-05T22:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-home-premium-audio-question/402928/1 "2007-05-05T22:37:22Z")
Every time my computer is idle for a few hours or more, the next time I try to use it, I get an error saying that no audio device is installed. If I restart, everything is fine. What’s happening and how do I fix it? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wendigo1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@wendigo1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo1974)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-home-premium-audio-question/402928/2 "2007-05-05T23:14:26Z")
Install XP 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-home-premium-audio-question/402928/3 "2007-05-06T05:38:54Z")
It’s hard to say without knowing more about the hardware you’re running. Is it onboard sound or is it an add in card like a Sound Blaster? Or is it external? If it’s external, there could be a power management setting shutting it off if it is idle for a set period of time. Other than that, I couldn’t really guess except to say that audio drivers for Vista are a little lacking right now and it could be a driver issue. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-home-premium-audio-question/402928/4 "2007-05-06T06:58:54Z")
I have heard of this happening with '98 and XP too. Haven’t a fix for it I’m sorry to say. I’m also almost embarrased to say that I have a pair of Toshiba laptops running Vista that have never had a single problem.