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Problem first started after finishing a presentation through TV attached to my laptop via HDMI cable. Brightness slider disappeared (specifically, my F2 F3 button slider aren't working) and my audio too (device not found). Fixed it temporarily by updating the drivers through Device Manager (troubleshooting did jackshit though).
Then I plugged in my drawing tablet afterwards and same shit happened. Managed to fix audio but brightness slider still won't work.