How to fix error “the audio service is not running” when opening the volume mixer option?

Most of the people feel hassled when their computer suffers from a “sound not working” problem. But such sound problems are quite frequent. The error of I have no sound on my computer makes your system experience quite distorted. In fact, this windows audio service not running flaw can happen even when all the sound drivers are installed properly. If you get an instruction as “The audio service is not running” when opening the volume mixer option and the speaker icon in the Notification area has a red cross on it, this error of no sound on computer can be repaired by following below mentioned steps:

Step 1: Click “Start” and type Services.msc in the “Run”

Step 2: You have to scroll down the services list, and right-click “Windows Audio” and choose “Restart”.

Step 3: For Windows Audio, choose “Properties” and set its "Startup Type" to "Automatic"

Thus, if you still get error “Error 1068 and Windows audio service not running, and then make sure that all services are started and their Startup Type is set to Automatic.