# Do you restart your computer après-Zoom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-restart-your-computer-apres-zoom/938858 "2021-03-27T16:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-restart-your-computer-apres-zoom/938858/21 "2021-03-31T00:25:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. I’ve only used built-in mics on mine, both on laptop, and on desktop (the web cam mike.) No one’s complained so far. Same with my wife (and her computer) and when I go volunteer on the volunteer organization’s laptop. Do most people use a detachable/separate mike when Zooming? It doesn’t seem like it. (BTW, any recommendations? I may want one, anyway.) Using the mic from your webcam would usually still be a separate mic by my standards. I hear some actually have decent quality mics. But every laptop mic I’ve ever used just seems to be this tiny hole in the laptop that records sounds from inside the laptop and amplifies the heck out of the white noise I always have around me due to my tinnitus. It also tends to echo badly. Most people I’ve talked to will either have a headset with a mic on it, so that they can listen to others without it playing back in the mic, or will have earbuds with a built in mic that seems to do a good job at canceling out noise. I don’t have suggestions, however. I currently have some AirPods that I’m trying to decide if I’ll keep, and an old headset that stopped working. I found that I prefer just sticking with regular phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-restart-your-computer-apres-zoom/938858/22 "2021-03-31T14:37:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But every laptop mic I’ve ever used just seems to be this tiny hole in the laptop that records sounds from inside the laptop and amplifies the heck out of the white noise I always have around me due to my tinnitus. It also tends to echo badly. In my limited experience, the laptop mic is plenty good enough for something like a Zoom meeting. The problem is that if you’re using your computer’s speakers and mic, when you’re not muted the sound from the speakers (and background noise from your environment, if any) can go into the mic and create an echo or feedback loop. But it’s workable as long as you stay muted while other people are speaking (and have a reasonably quet environment to Zoom in). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-restart-your-computer-apres-zoom/938858/23 "2021-03-31T15:02:26Z")
You can configure Zoom to join any meeting with your camera and mic automatically both off. That’s what I do. Then you can join and not be seen or heard until the meeting really starts. I’m in way too many of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-restart-your-computer-apres-zoom/938858.md?page=1)