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title: Privacy settings in Windows 10/11 blocking access
description: Windows security settings are blocking microphone access.  You might see a message saying "No mic permissions!"
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# Privacy settings in Windows 10/11 blocking access

## Windows security settings are blocking microphone access. You might see a message saying "No mic permissions!"

![Message showing "No mic permissions"](https://support.talkatoo.com/hubfs/image-png-Mar-02-2023-12-17-51-1260-AM.png)

1. Click Start and type *microphone*, click on Microphone Privacy Settings when it appears.
2. Ensure that ***Allow apps to access the microphone*** is enabled.  
     1. If it is disabled, and you are not able to change it, please reach out to your IT department, as this is usually something that requires administrator rights.  You can also give us a call and we can see if we can make the necessary changes, but may still need to refer you to your IT.  Using the [MobileMic](https://support.talkatoo.com/knowledge/talkatoo-and-the-mobile-mic?hsLang=en) may be a good workaround while you sort this out with IT.

![jbkjbds](https://support.talkatoo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jbkjbds.png?width=688&name=jbkjbds.png)

Sometimes, especially when making this change on a remote computer, you will need to quit Talkatoo and relaunch it before it registers this change.

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