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March 19th, 2020 17:00

Microphone not working for any connected device

The onboard microphone and the microphone in any device I connect will not work.

The microphone shows as connected in the audio properties under the recording tab. But when I speak no green bars appear. It shows as connected and working in any app that uses a microphone e.g. zoom or skype but again nothing is picked up when I speak. This happens for all devices I connect which have a mic. If I try any of the same devices on another windows 10 device, they work fine.

In device manager all devices under audio inputs and outputs show as working ok.

I tried removing and re-installing realtek audio but this didn't work.

Windows 10 Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363
System Model XPS 13 9360
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 2.13.0, 14/11/2019
[Sound Device]
Name Realtek Audio 
Manufacturer Realtek
Status OK
PNP Device ID INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0256&SUBSYS_1028082A&REV_1000\4&32B8B7C&1&0001
Driver C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\RTKVHD64.SYS (6.0.1.8622, 6.26 MB (6,561,800 bytes), 19/03/2020 23:26)

March 20th, 2020 17:00

Finally solved it. No apps had permission to use the mic in the privacy settings. If only windows would prompt you like android does when an app needs to use some hardware!

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November 3rd, 2020 00:00

Thank you for this I was struggling with the same issue since yesterday!

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