I would like Zoom to not steal focus at ANY time in Windows 10 Pro. This includes when Zoom is starting up, when joining a meeting, and when someone starts sharing their screen.

By that I mean, if I'm working on a document, Zoom will take away focus and "steal" keystrokes from the document I'm currently working in. This is very frustrating and should not happen at all.

I use a MacBook Pro (2015) and things were fine until I updated the software to the latest macOS Monterey. I teach classes on Zoom, my AirPods have now been making crackling and static noises for a few weeks. I hear the noise and unfortunately people listening to me talking also hear the same thing. At first it was only happening when I was sharing Spotify music in Zoom, it was like Zoom couldn't handle me using another application like a browser or Spotify without the sound becoming weird, but now it happens all the time no matter if I'm only using Zoom or other apps along with it, and sometimes the sound drops out completely so I can't hear anything (no music or people talking). Sometimes folks can still hear music I'm sharing (clearly, or static noise disrupting the music) but not my voice. I took the AirPods to Apple Store and they tested them, no problem with anything. They work just fine with all my devices except the combination of MacBook Pro + Zoom. SO FRUSTRATING. Anyone had this experience? Desperate for a solution, or it looks like I might just have to find a different platform than Zoom. 

Several recordings have split at awkward times.  None are split at a break during the meeting when it's paused.  It's literally in the middle of someone speaking.  And the new recording even has different settings than the first one.  Most recently it looks like this:  4 hours of gallery view, end of file but not done with the meeting, 11 minutes of spotlight view, end of my meeting.  Why start a new recording after 4 hours here, and in another meeting it did the same thing 7 hours in and split into a new recording for the remaining 35 minutes.  AND THEN one time it split three times in a 20-minute recording.   Like, what's the algorithm here?

And please no Bots or copy/paste "Zoom specialists" responding with check settings or how to get to settings, etc..  We're four years into Zoom being the norm, so trust me when I say it's not there or in any of the settings platforms because I've double-checked before EVERY meeting.  It's also not a storage problem.  After a recording is ready, I download immediately to three different backups and delete from the cloud bc my meetings are long.  Why is this happening?  It's not an internet, IP, VPN, firewall, antivirus, backup program, running programs problem.  You gotta believe me when I say I've checked off all the troubleshooting boxes. Legit help please.