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Originally Posted by FPSchazly
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Just unplug your microphone if you're not using it (unless it's integrated obviously).
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Then you can still make Windows disable it.
Assuming the Speaker icon is visible in the taskbar near the clock, right click on it.
Click on Recording devices. A window should pop up showing the recording devices tab of the Sounds configuration panel app.
Select your microphone in the list, right click on that
... and select disable.
If you want to re-enable it, you might start to worry as you can't see it anymore. No worries, right-click in the window and select "show disabled devices".