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Zoom Meetings are a simplified video conferencing solution for an optimized virtual meeting experience. Explore the Zoom Community's Recent Activity below to join the Meetings conversation and connect with other members. If you're still looking for support, browse our Zoom Meetings support articles or start a new discussion below!

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Resolved! background stuck

I added a picture for my background, and now it is stuck on that! when I try to remove it and select NONE, still the same picture shows up and I have tried everything to remove it and it will not go away when I log in to zoom on my mac!!

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disappearing/reappearing on video?

I am using a MacBook Air laptop for zoom meetings. At some point in the last month I chose a blue background for video, that now I cannot get rid of... I can cover it with another background, but nowhere in the video settings for zoom can I eliminate... Show more

I am using a MacBook Air laptop for zoom meetings. At some point in the last month I chose a blue background for video, that now I cannot get rid of... I can cover it with another background, but nowhere in the video settings for zoom can I eliminate this blue background.\

The problem is, since I put it up, now my face and body or parts of me disappear and reappear when in a zoom meeting.

 

Can anyone help me to eliminate this issue? Like I said, there is nothing in the normal video settings that works.

 

Thank you!


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Virtual background is still loading

Since last week, whenever I join a meeting, after a delay, I get the error message "Virtual background is still loading". This appears to be permanent. It is still possible to turn on the video, also after a delay, but I can not blur my background as... Show more

Since last week, whenever I join a meeting, after a delay, I get the error message "Virtual background is still loading".  This appears to be permanent.  It is still possible to turn on the video, also after a delay, but I can not blur my background as I would wish. 

I have a MacBook Pro (i7-6820HQ @2.70GHz) running MacOS Monterey 12.7.6 with plenty of free memory. 

Does anyone have any idea of how to cure this?


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Zoom 64 bit client changes to 32 bit client

I've tried to uninstall zoom, clean registry, boot PC, and use MSI to insure clean 64 bit install. This places the install in Program Files. Confirm that 64 bit is running via task manager. Within a day, the 64 bit install is gone, Zoom directory in ... Show more

I've tried to uninstall zoom, clean registry, boot PC, and use MSI to insure clean 64 bit install.  This places the install in Program Files.  Confirm that 64 bit is running via task manager.  Within a day, the 64 bit install is gone, Zoom directory in program files is gone, but Zoom now running 32 bit client with ProgramFiles(x86) Zoom directory created.  This is ....  Also, the "check for updates" disappears from the Zoom desktop.  It is there when first installed.  Running version 5.11.11.  Surely I'm not the only person in the world with this problem?


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Speaker Notes missing during Zoom screen sharing – is this possible?

Hi every one, I am preparing presentations for zoom meetings and wanted to ask if there's a way to view speaker notes while screen sharing slides. I know speaker notes are easy to use in tools like power point or google slides , but during zoom meeti... Show more

Hi every one, 
I am preparing presentations for zoom meetings and wanted to ask if there's a way to view speaker notes while screen sharing slides. I know speaker notes are easy to use in tools like power point or google slides , but during zoom meetings it's not always clear how to keep notes visible without participants seeing them. 


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Resolved! Can't update Zoom

I have had a personal Zoom account for more than three years and lately when I attempt to join a meeting or start meetings that I have scheduled I get the following message: "You must update to the latest version of Zoom to join this meeting. Contact... Show more

I have had  a personal Zoom account for more than three years and lately when I attempt to join a meeting or start meetings that I have scheduled I get the following message: "You must update to the latest version of Zoom to join this meeting. Contact your IT admin to update." I don't have an IT admin, so I attempted to do the update myself. When I scroll to the Downloads section on the bottom of the Zoom home screen and click to download the latest version, I am asked to sign in to my account. When I attempt to sign in to my account, I get the following message: "Your app version needs to be 5.12.2 or higher to sign in. Please contact your IT team to update your version of Zoom." So I can't join or run meetings unless I update the Zoom version, and I can't sign in to update the Zoom version unless I am on a later version. So I am stuck.

 

I did see some community entries here that suggested uninstalling and reinstalling Zoom. That sounds like a rather unprofessional option to updating to a newer version of the app. If that is indeed what I must do, then is there an option to save all my account settings, such as personal meeting ID and host code, as well as all the repeating meetings that I have scheduled? Or will I need to manually start over from scratch?

 

Please advise.

Thanks!


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Who pays for Zoom meeting? I'm NOT the host

I need to join a meeting that lasts 3 hours. I'm NOT the host, just a participant. MY Zoom plan is the Basic which limits me to a 40 minute meeting. I don't use Zoom for business and only use about 5 times per year. Will I get cut off after 40 minute... Show more

I need to join a meeting that lasts 3 hours.  I'm NOT the host, just a participant.  MY Zoom plan is the Basic which limits me to a 40 minute meeting.  I don't use Zoom for business and only use about 5 times per year.  Will I get cut off after 40 minutes from a meeting I am a participant and NOT the host?


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Zoom on Linux with Remote Support/Screen Share: Critical Issues

We have a large number of lecturers at our institute wanting to use Linux as their system (primarily, because they're teaching Linux directly or DevOps/develpment and it's nice to be on the same system you're teaching). Problem is, Zoom Meetings app ... Show more

We have a large number of lecturers at our institute wanting to use Linux as their system (primarily, because they're teaching Linux directly or DevOps/develpment and it's nice to be on the same system you're teaching). 

 

Problem is, Zoom Meetings app is borderline unusable when combined with remote support or screen share. Greatest issues are:

 

1. When providing remote support to a student, lecturers are unable to type certain keys - such as 's', 'p' and several others. Capitalised versions are fine, however certain keys are interpreted by the remote system as shortcuts. For example, when I press 'p' on the Linux machine, the macOS remote client 'beeps' - same beep as when an invalid key is pressed. Similarly, for example, pressing 'z' on Linux causes Mission Control to appear! This means we can't type anything (such as fixing commands or code) for our students. 

 

2. When the remote support session is ended, choosing to "Stop remote support" doesn't actually do anything. The only workaround we've found is for the lecturer to start a share themselves just to stop sharing.

 

Then there's the minor issues such as:

 

3. Zoom doesn't respect light/dark mode and has no option to use dark mode. 

 

4. Lecturers have to re-login every time they launch Zoom.

 

Technical Details

- Lecturers are using the latest Zoom version 6.6.11 (2052). Students are also on the latest respective versions of their macOS/Windows clients.

- Lecturers are using Fedora Linux 43 (primarily). We have tried both the Flatpak and RPM versions of Zoom - both exhibit the same behaviour.  

 

It would be nice if Zoom started working properly on Linux. I understand the user base must be an insignificant proportion of the overall user base but, ironically, we're having better luck with Microsoft Teams! Come on Zoom... your backend infrastructure is almost entirely Linux - give some love to the client. 


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No audio sound in Zoom. Windows 11 on ASUS laptop. Realtek driver.

I just started using my new ASUS computer which runs of Windows 11 and uses Realtek audio driver. I get no audio sound in Zoom. No other application has this problem. I did not have this problem on my old ASUS computer running on Windows 10, and also... Show more

I just started using my new ASUS computer which runs of Windows 11 and uses Realtek audio driver. I get no audio sound in Zoom. No other application has this problem. I did not have this problem on my old ASUS computer running on Windows 10, and also using Realtek audio driver. I have gone through all the troubleshooting procedures suggested by ASUS Support and also by Zoom. None of that helped to fix the problem.  Has anyone else encountered this? And have you been able to fix the problem?


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New update doesn't show the virtual background, blur background or touch up appearance options

Hello, ever since updated to Zoom workspace, my video settings don't show the options for @virtual background, filters, blur background or touch up appearance. I am using an Asus Aspire 5 and have the Zoom Workspace Pro plan. I had full use of these ... Show more

Hello, ever since updated to Zoom workspace, my video settings don't show the options for @virtual background, filters, blur background or touch up appearance. I am using an Asus Aspire 5 and have the Zoom Workspace Pro plan. I had full use of these settings before the update. Any help would be really appreciated.  

Thank you, Sharon 


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