"No audio device is installed"

[Microsoft Windows]

My audio isn't working on my laptop. If I plug in headphones or try to play sound out of the speakers, where it would normally say RealTek Audio (Headphones/Speakers), it now says there are no devices for audio output.I looked in device manager and under sound, video and game controllers, even when displaying hidden devices, the only devices are Intel(R) Display Audio and a few Microsoft audios that were hidden. I have restarted my laptop, reinstalled RealTek audio drivers, evrything.When I went into services, there is a service called Realtek Audio Universal Service that is idle, but when I t

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