AW 17R4 Sound Center uninstalling

Hello.  In the models that do have WavesMaxx, it comes as part of the Realtek audio driver download package. I have looked at the Realtek downloads for the Alienware 17 R4 and most of them (the download packages)  look like they might be too small to have the Waves software. Most are around 90MB. One of the oldest ones is 231MB so it might have the Waves software. If you want to try it and see if it has the features you want, you first have to remove the current Realtek driver files, and the files for any other versions of the Realtek audio driver that you might have downloaded in the past.

1. Open the Device Manager.
2. Expand the "Sound, Video & Game Controllers" section.
3. Right click on "Realtek High Definition Audio" and select to uninstall.
4. Put a check mark in the option to delete the driver software, and then ok.
5. Restart the laptop.

When the laptop boots up, it will look for Realtek files. If none found then it will install the native driver. If an earlier version of a Realtek driver had been downloaded then its files could still be in the laptop and Windows would install that version of the Realtek, not the native driver. So after step 5, go back to the Device Manager and check again for a Realtek driver. Keep uninstalling & restarting until "Realtek" no longer appears under Sound...Controllers. If you see "High Definition Audio Device" that is the native driver, although in Win10 it can have a different name.

After you get the native driver installed, then you can install this old Realtek driver. However you should first disable Windows Updates to keep it from replacing that one with a newer version.

If you still don't have Waves, then it probably is not offered on your model. You could try using a Realtek driver from an Alienware model that does have Waves, but it probably won't install.

You might be able to get additional information by posting on the Alienware section of this forum. That's where you will find the other Alienware owners.

Hi!

Thanks for the help, but unfortunately it does not work.

After reboot, there is always Realtek, it is impossible to delete!

I think  because of the untouchable dll files:

msvcp140.dll

RsProvider.dll

vccorlib140.dll

vcruntime140.dll