HELP: No Sound Until I Click "Scan For New Hardware"

se7en7

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I hope somebody can help me, I've been having an ongoing problem for a couple years, where I have to right click on my network adapter in Device Manager 'Scan for new hardware changes' before sound comes out out of my speakers. I'm using an RME Babyface audio device with the latest drivers and my wireless card is a TP-LINK TL-WN721N.

What typically happens is I'll play an audio file and I'll get no sound, until I click 'Scan for new hardware changes' on my network card. Then it plays fine. I go to play another song or play a youtube video and no sound...repeat the same procedure again to get sound working. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers for the network card countless times in the past. I have disabled the onboard sound card in BIOS, as I use a dedicated external sound card for music production.
Any ideas?
 

se7en7

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Well, here's what RME said regarding a RME driver issue:

I see no reason for such an assumption. The driver is not known to intefere with other hardware devices or their drivers and does not directly interact with WiFi in any way. This might be a general USB issue on your system.

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME