If I come across a better fix I will post. I know how frustrating this is because it also completely messed up all touch function. Hopefully it will be brought to Microsoft's attention soon. I have spent countless hours with this problem, and I know there is very little information available on the web. I reinstalled the driver and will simply stay away fromĪny built in sound control, and control the volume through desktop controls. It did come back again a few days later after testing the touch controls for sound. After install I had sound and voila, the bar disappeared. Realtek high definition audio drivers for windows 8 64 bit. For me I went to the Lenovo website because I have a Lenovo 540b all in one touch screen, and I downloaded

There was no program or service specific to theīar, disabling all sounds service gets rid of it, but who wants a mute computer? The best solution I have come up with so far is to update sound drivers. Previously I found the only way to disable the bar was to disable all sound. I believe the volume bar is a conflict between hardware sound controls and windows 8 audio drivers.

Windows 8 volume control