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Windows

Microphone failed in Teams and Zoom meetings

Microphone audio was missing in Teams and Zoom calls. It was restored by uninstalling, rebooting, and turning off audio enhancements.

Killed once by someone from XL.net, on 2025-10-14.

Affects

Apps

  • Teams
  • Zoom

Hardware

  • laptop microphone

What you see

  • Camera and speakers still worked, but the microphone had no audio in Teams and Zoom calls.

Why it happens

Likely Audio enhancements were suspected to be interfering with microphone capture.

When it shows up

A Windows laptop microphone works elsewhere but is silent in both Teams and Zoom meetings.

You are in this case if:

  • The microphone device has an Audio enhancements setting.
  • Teams and Zoom are the only reported apps where input is missing.

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Someone from XL.net killed this on a Windows computer on 2025-10-14. It is written up from that one repair, so it cites no outside page.