October 2017 - last edited October 2017
I cant find/locate the ss2osd.dll in the services tab, under which name can I find it because it and nothing of a similar name is there. I also went to look for anything with Sonic Studio or Realtek Sound but couldn't find anthing the like.
October 2017
Go to here;
C:\Program Files/asustekcomputer.inc/ss2/userinterface/
Look for an executable and see if that is listed.
If not you will probably find it under processes in Task manager. If so you can disable it on the Startup tab.
November 2017
I'm sorry for my extremely late reply (came back here and noticed I hadn't even accepted this as a solution yet) but going into task manager and ending the SS2 related tasks worked. thanks so incredibly much, you're a life saver.