Windows 10: Muting Mic and Free Online Calls

How can I easily and quickly show a microphone icon on the Taskbar / System Tray in Win 10 and how can I mute it from there?Can I make free phone calls online using Zoom?Thanks

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Weird Mic muted icon, mutes mic (Logitech software maybe?)




Having this weird problem. A number of days ago, I started seeing a muted mic icon in both the systray and the upper left corner on my desktop. I'm not sure how I'm triggering this but it mutes the mic and freaks out Voicemeter. I cannot right click or find any options for it. Seems to be related to logioptionsplus_agent.exe Logi Options +Agent. When I kill it in task manager, the icons disappear but I can't get the mic back. Any ideas?

Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044

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eh, I figured it out. There is a mic mute button on my mx mini keyboard I must have hit. It saves the setting unless you turn it off so when you launch Logi Options it will always be muted. It also really screws up Voicemeter, I had to remove and reinstall it all.

 

Muted mic picking up sound in game

Hi JonPaul,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



The issue could be because of the internal mic picking up sound even when the external device is pluuged in. If you have the RealTek HD Audi Manager installed on the machine, I would suggest you to try the steps listed below and check if it works for
you.

• Open RealTek HD Audio Manager and go to the
  Advanced tab.
  
• Check the boxes Separate all input jacks as independent input devices
  and Mute the internal output device, when external headphone is plugged in,
  and hit OK.
  
• Exit RealTek HD Audio Manager, restart the machine and see if the issue persists.
  

Regards,

 

Windows 10 Muting Mic

Ever since the update 3 weeks ago for some odd reason windows 10 keeps muting my mic... I have followed steps to fix the problem.. I also took it in to have drivers updated etc have a tune up and they couldnt get it to stop muting... Need help