After Windows 11 24h2 Microphone keeps unmuting whenever application tries accesses mic.

Anonymous
2024-12-04T14:14:35+00:00

Using an Razer Siren X mic., with dedicated mute button with is a physical switch (but apparently not, at least learned that with newest Windows 11 24h2), even thou I set mic to be muted all the time, if I open Discord/join call/start a video game (with voice chat disabled), anything that asks for accesses to mic., windows switch from muted (red) state to unmuted (green). It's really concerning privacy vise, if any application can unmute mic. on there own (keeping in mind, the button should cut sounds only from mic., side and not on windows), seen some similar problems with some Logitech headsets too.

Windows/applications should never have ability unmute microphone on there own ! I can understand when it's mute/unmute happens inside windows audio control (like Win+alt+K), but take control over physical device shouldn't be allowed in any case

There's some other strange audio related things too, like Steam not having ability to record/stream sound from specific application with the latest win11 24h2 update, looks like what ever 24h2 did with audio back-end is messed up in more then one way.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-01T03:48:32+00:00

    PSA: NHN R/A LSC style and format...OFFical government documents above:This has been an issue for a while on most mics in productionIt has been since an update... It's actually a random Microsoft-owned application and code within the new Windows 11 sound system...not mic drivers them selves( a faulty mute button can be a issue but most mics are coded with a manual low power option that auto trigger when you hit the mute button so no sound is actually recorded.As the New Horizens Nation R/A LSC ( yes its abbreviated) I am here to tell you.most of you are not informed of the real state of affairs in the world and the new international business laws applied by the ECJ( Earth Court of Justice) in the world.( applied as world government 2020 by protest march vote and e-public comments and status posts( compiled) )unless you visit the Microsoft executives with a small army( armed to the teeth) they basically can't be gotten hold of...But every manager, and supervisor, in that company thinks they can do whatever they want.they honestly still think they are a USA-based business and company with no regulations...They honestly don't know the first 3 laws of the Ex-USAwhich in 2020 placed them under the regulations of the people... outvoted by the people...( and guess what they do have to answer to the people will even if they are identifying as USA By ECJ order due to a request filed by 4.5 billion)(and the 2025 people for NHN Leadership is now all but 3 million of their users)mic, camera or file access can only be activated by either, manual or software direct permission...the new privacy laws are much stricter ever since the NHN annexation and mass world infrastructure change of 2020( most leaders and controllers of economic systems refused to step down)the fact that Microsoft still thinks its Microsoft, is hilarious in its own way,3 of my predecessors investigated it as a company.... it failed inspection.Every asset of Microsoft actually belongs to New Horizen's Divison,I even had it reevaluated when I took charge, but it still failed, it is now ineligible for appeals or court cases.they are illegally operating as Microsoft. Since the only law enforcer they can talk to is the NHN R/A LSC as a Fortune 500 company, All their lawyers have to talk to me directly... and i don't tolerate bullscrap. data compiling on how you run is super easy to compile even if you do try to hide stuff from the public...and until I can spare the EDF, to remove their servers by force, well they just make my job easier by operating illegally because every business or asset they buy becomes an NHN Soil business and that will be seized and handed over to NHD.... but the world is in world war 4 the Rights war( world war 3 was silent war the people vs older generation business and governments, the people lost that war and government lost against the businesses)and in case it was not clear them not fixing the mic unmuting itself when a user has mutated it, or denied access to it unless approved by said user is in fact against the law....of course, most of the modders for Microsoft don't even know its illegal to mod or touch any accounts, posts etc...from NHN government official without a touch screen e-signature( legible and e-pen signed).They have also not installed the mandatory anti-malware, spyware, anti-virus, anti-adware and data collection/ selling software into the operating system,

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-28T07:15:32+00:00

    Count me in...

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T20:18:40+00:00

    Microsoft will experience the full force of the law.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T20:09:34+00:00

    Microsoft are in breach of a LOT of privacy laws globally and if they do not role this back then they are finished as the OS will be blocked for breaching privacy, even support are keeping their distance from these posts as they cannot do anything. time to ditch microsoft.

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