Speaker does not work properly unless I disable microphone
I have a brand new laptop ASUS Vivobook S15 running Windows 11. The speakers are Realtek (R) and drivers are up to date. Both on Zoom app and using Zoom through a browser (Chrome), the sound quality from the laptop speakers is terrible - very low volume, scratchy sound, breaks up. For all other purposes (i.e. YouTube, games, websites), the speakers are perfect. At 100% volume they are very loud when tested through the computer settings. It is ONLY Zoom that has this problem. I searched these forums and through changing settings as discussed I discovered that if I disallow Zoom (and other desktop apps) access to the microphone, the speakers work fine. If I toggle the settings back to allow Zoom access to the microphone, the speakers work clear UNTIL I test the microphone. After that, they revert to the deeply unsatisfactory output already described. Sadly I need both the microphone and the speakers at the same time to work for Zoom. Please help! Kay
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