USB devices should plug and play with Windows 10 quickly and efficiently. But not my newly-acquired USB 3D sound adapter. Is it a Windows 10 driver issue? Can you help me to get it to work?

USB devices should plug and play with Windows 10 quickly and efficiently. But not my newly-acquired USB 3D sound adapter. Is it a Windows 10 driver issue? Can you help me to get it to work?
Are you experiencing a problem with your Virgin Media TiVo box where some apps fail to produce any sound? This happened to me with the BBC iPlayer app and others. I couldn't find any solution on the Web but eventually stumbled across a fix by chance, which I'd like to share.