This article demonstrates the steps to adjust camera and microphone privacy settings on Windows 10.
The instructions in the article explain how to install the sound driver, but they can be used to install any drivers for any devices.
Device manager is an internal Windows tool to view and manage device hardware settings and driver software installed on your computer.
One of the most common system errors that people encounter when trying to start using a camera or microphone.
To identify which application is using a device, if it couldn't be found manually, Windows process explorer program can be used.
You may notice that the same audio device appears multiple times in the device list. This occurs because the operating system assigns distinct roles to each device—one for general audio playback and another specifically for communication tasks.
Sites that provide various features that use a camera or microphone ask for permission to access them.