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=== Assistant: Good question — no, not Device Manager 👍 ===
Good question — no, not Device Manager 👍
The moving bar is in Sound settings, not Device Manager.

I’ll show you exactly where to look.

==== ### ====
# Right-click the speaker icon in the taskbar
# Click Sound settings
# Scroll down to Input
# Click your microphone (for example: Microphone Array (Intel Smart Sound Technology))

👉 You will see a horizontal blue bar labeled Input volume

Talk or tap the mic:
* ✅ Bar moves → mic is working
* ❌ Bar stays flat → mic not working

===== 1. Press Win + R =====
# Type:

<syntaxhighlight>mmsys.cpl

</syntaxhighlight>
# Press Enter
# Go to the Recording tab

You’ll see microphones listed.
Speak into one:
* ✅ Green bars move → mic works
* ❌ No movement → Windows isn’t receiving audio

==== Device Manager only shows: ====
* “Is the device installed?”
* “Is the driver loaded?”

It cannot show live sound input, so there’s no moving bar there.

==== Please do this and tell me the result: ====
# Open mmsys.cpl
# Recording tab
# Speak into: - Microphone Array - Microphone (Realtek Audio)

Tell me which one (if any) shows green bars moving.

From that single answer, I can tell you exactly whether:
* It’s privacy
* A service is missing
* Realtek jack detection is broken
* Or Tiny11 needs registry repair

We’re very close to fixing it 👍