Microsoft Trusted Audio Drivers (drmkaud) Service Defaults in Windows 10
Microsoft Trusted Audio Drivers by Microsoft Corporation.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Microsoft Trusted Audio Drivers |
| Service name: | drmkaud |
| Service type: | kernel |
| Error control: | normal |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\drmkaud.sys |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\drmkaud |
Default Behavior
Microsoft Trusted Audio Drivers is a kernel device driver. In Windows 10 it is starting only if the user, an application or another service starts it. If Microsoft Trusted Audio Drivers fails to start, the failure details are being recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 10 will start up and notify the user that the drmkaud service has failed to start due to the error.
Restore Default Startup Configuration for Microsoft Trusted Audio Drivers
1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config drmkaud start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The drmkaud service is using the drmkaud.sys file that is located in the %WinDir%\System32\drivers folder. If the file is changed, damaged or deleted, you can restore its original version from Windows 10 installation media.