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Best guess based on my searches: Yes On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 11:08 AM Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> wrote: > And if I need sound from one of the VMs then I have to live with the mic > being on all the time? > > > --------- > Brian > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 11:07 AM Christopher Fisk < > christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > > > Virtualbox will enable the microphone on your machine if any of the VMs > you > > have created have audio enabled. To prevent it from occurring you need > to > > disable all audio on all VMs on your virtualbox setup. Just checking the > > boxes doesn't seem to work. > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 9:53 AM Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I'm using Virtualbox to run a couple of VMs for various things and one > > very > > > annoying problem is that it won't let me turn off my microphone. The > > minute > > > I launch VirtualBox it forces my microphone on and I if I hit the mute > > > button it comes right back on again. > > > > > > I've tried disabling the "Audio input" checkbox on the VM I'm using but > > > when I close VirtualBox it defaults to enabled again. And even when > it's > > > disabled in the VM, simply having the VM running forces the mic to be > > > always on, even if the VM is locked and in the background. > > > > > > Any ideas on how to fix this? > > > > > > > > > --------- > > > Brian > > > > > >