whenever windows stops playing sounds it forgets that the audiobox exists, and if you try to play anything else, it freezes like it's frantically trying to find a sound card on your computer

as long as you keep playing any sort of noise to keep the audiobox entertained and not bored enough to wander away, it'll work, but if you stop sending audio to it for even a few seconds, then you need to replug it in WHILE trying to play noise, otherwise it does not register at all