Windows don’t let to turn a microphone on because of “some settings are hidden or managed by your organization” . A PC is a personal PC on home network. There are a few reasons for this:
- An user tweaked Windows with utilities like “Destroy Windows spying” and carelessly applied too strict settings set
- An update to Windows sometimes can cause this ( for example win10 april update (1803) )
- Some group policy setiings deny microphone access
To fix this quickly save the follwing to a text file with .reg extension and add it to Windows registry:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppPrivacy] "LetAppsAccessMicrophone"=- "LetAppsAccessMicrophone_UserInControlOfTheseApps"=- "LetAppsAccessMicrophone_ForceAllowTheseApps"=- "LetAppsAccessMicrophone_ForceDenyTheseApps"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\microphone] "Value"="Allow" |
Now visit the settings page again and it should be unlocked now.
Good luck!
