Sound has stopped working after upgrading to Windows 8

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Published on 2012-11-23T18:59:01Z Indexed on 2012/11/26 17:09 UTC
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I upgraded my (fairly new, about 2 months old) computer to Windows 8 last night, and now the sound has stopped working across the entire machine. I have checked using multiple programs (iTunes, YouTube, World of Warcraft, etc) and multiple output devices (speakers and headset), checked the soundcard drivers (Asus Xonar DG 5.1), checked the volume mixer to ensure I wasn't just having a brainfart and had the sound muted, but nothing's working.

Does anyone have any advice on what could be causing this?

Thanks
Max

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