Windows 10: The new KB5058499 cumulative update likely makes my mic unusable

So one day, i come back home to find my mic not existing on my computer, i hear the sound when i connect it but its nowhere on my pc, not system audio devices, not device manager, nothing. I've tried multiple things such as listing hidden devices in device manager, reinstalling all my usb ports, using an app called USBDeview to uninstall even more, then i concluded that it can't be a coincidence that it stopped working right after a windows update rolled out. I've tried uninstalling the KB5058499 cumulative update the most recent one only to get an error saying that "the update is not instal

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USB Mic Problems.

The next step is what I suggested originally. Try it in a friend's PC or take it to Best Buy and ask them to try it one of their PC's. Have to confirm the mic is working OK.

 

Use new cam for mic?

I am new to this brand, but I like what I've seen so far. One problem: I want to set the mic on my new HelloCam to be the default system mic in Windows 11. I have found no way to do this. Win 11 apparently won't even recognize that HelloCam exists (although the cam seems to work fine) and keeps suggesting I make a pair of headphones to be my default mic. Downloaded and ran the software settings update, etc., but no joy. Anybody solved this one yet for HelloCAM?

(I am currently working my way through the Online Mic Test.)

 

Bloatware updates make system unusable

A couple of things just occurred to me.

The way a software update works is in two steps. The first step is to
download the files, and the second step is to install the files. The
problem I've been describing is that installing the files for Windows
apps (bloatware) takes over the whole machine, and makes it almost
unusable.

The Windows OS updates are installed by requiring a restart, and then
the installation takes place during the restart ("23% completed --
don't turn off your computer"), and that take a few minutes or a
couple of hours, depending on the size of the update,

The bloatware updates are similar, except that they don't require a
restart. Instead they simply make your system almost unusable for a
couple of hours. In other words, the OS updates and the App updates
really both take control of the computer, but the OS updates do it in
the context of a restart.

That shouldn't happen. The app installation should just run in the
background, and allow everything else to run normally. The fact that
it's making the system almost unusable means that the installation is
running at a high priority. If it ran at a normal priority, then
maybe there wouldn't be any problem.

Well, it occurs to me that the Process Explorer program (from
sysinternals) has a "Priority" column. I have Process Explorer up all
the time anyway, so it's handy when there's a problem. So now I've
added the "Priority" column, and I've set the display to show
processes in decreasing order of priority. And wow, there's a bunch
of them running at priority 13 (high), and most of them running at 8
(normal). Interestingly, Firefox and Chrome run at priority 4 (low).

So anyway, next time I get an attack, I'll take a look at the Process
Explorer window, and maybe that will tell me who's causing the
problem. And maybe, just maybe, I can just set that process to normal
or low priority, and solve the problem. (Sorry, I may have crossed
the line into fantasy thinking, but I can't help myself.)