Go to Start / Settings (little gear icon in bottom left) then search for Microphone Privacy Settings. terrible.Īt any rate, the fix is to grant the system permission to use its own microphone, un-granting it first if necessary. The hybrid that Windows 10 is between Store apps / permissions and regular desktop apps reminds me of Windows ME. This was most perplexing because it worked in other OSes, but not Windows 10.Īfter much digging I finally found this youtube video which outlined the problem: Microphone permissions to the system. My gaming VM uses a Sabrent USB External Stereo Sound Adapter model AU-MMSA passed through for sound.
All the drivers were properly installed and sound worked fine, but there was nothing coming from the microphone. I recently installed Windows 10 for my gaming VM and discovered that my microphone was no longer working.
